●  Interview  /  Waste Sector

FROM EUROPEAN POLICY
TO REAL INVESTMENT.

THE FUTURE OF THE WASTE INDUSTRY IS DISCUSSED AT GREEN ENERGY EXPO & ROMENVIROTEC 2027

●  ISWA Beacon  /  ARSMD

AN INTERNATIONAL FIRST. A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.

New opportunities for the waste management sector.

The partnership with the Romanian Association for Sanitation and Waste Management (ARSMD) strengthens the position of GREEN ENERGY EXPO & ROMENVIROTEC as a benchmark platform for the waste management industry, bringing together authorities, operators, technology suppliers, investors and international experts.

In 2027, Romania will host, for the first time, an official ISWA Beacon conference, organised by ARSMD as part of GREEN ENERGY EXPO & ROMENVIROTEC 2027, with the institutional support of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests and in partnership with FEAD. An international event that brings European expertise to Bucharest and opens new perspectives for modernising waste management infrastructure.

We spoke with Dan Stoica, Executive Director ARSMD about the challenges facing the WASTE sector, the importance of the ARSMD–ISWA Beacon conference, and the role of GREEN ENERGY EXPO & ROMENVIROTEC 2027 in developing partnerships and concrete projects.

●  Interview  /  Dan Stoica, Executive Director ARSMD

“The conference must be a working platform, not just an exchange of opinions.”

“The main challenge is the gap between the objectives Romania has set for itself and the system’s real capacity to turn them into results.

From the perspective of the sanitation companies ARSMD represents, the starting point is the stability of the public service. Collection must work every day, regardless of price developments, payroll costs or payment delays. This requires tariffs that reflect real costs, balanced contracts and clearly defined responsibilities between authorities, IDAs (Intercommunity Development Associations – Ed.) and operators. At the same time, we must link collection to sorting infrastructure, biowaste treatment, recycling and the recovery of the non-recyclable residual fraction.

The greatest opportunity is to build an integrated and modern system, drawing on operators’ experience and on technologies such as digital weighing and traceability, route optimisation, advanced sorting and biowaste treatment. Innovation becomes useful when it answers a real operational need and has a viable business model behind it.”

“This is the first time Romania is hosting an official ISWA Beacon conference, and that carries real significance for our entire sector. Romania will no longer be just a country that takes on and implements European policies; for three days it will become the place where top professionals discuss how those policies can concretely be turned into results.

The conference theme, “From Waste Policy to Circular Infrastructure”, expresses exactly the problem we have to solve: how do we turn circular economy objectives into functioning public services, real facilities and projects that can be financed and operated sustainably over the long term?

With the participation of high-level international speakers, with direct experience in public policy-making, financing, and the development and operation of waste infrastructure, we will be able to analyse what has worked in other countries, what difficulties they have faced and, above all, which solutions can be adapted to Romania’s realities. We do not want to mechanically copy models from other countries, but to identify the most suitable solutions for the administrative, economic and operational structure of the Romanian sector.

From 23 to 25 March 2027, at ROMEXPO, we will bring to the same table public authorities, sanitation operators, industry representatives, technology suppliers, international specialists and potential financiers.

The partnership with the Romanian Composting Association (ARC) brings to this dialogue the perspective of the composting sector, with a focus on the separate collection of biowaste, obtaining quality compost and developing viable solutions for its recovery in Romania.

The conference must be a working platform, not just an exchange of opinions. We want to identify the real bottlenecks, compare the available solutions and establish under what conditions they can be applied in Romania: what regulations are needed, how investments can be financed, how contracts must be structured and how we ensure the infrastructure keeps working after projects are completed.

The opportunity is to bring international experience closer to Romania’s concrete needs, to make the perspective of our country and of Central and Eastern Europe known, and to create the conditions for real collaboration and investment.

The success of the conference will be measured not only by the number of participants, but above all by the projects and partnerships that begin after it ends.”

“The main benefit is that GREEN ENERGY EXPO & ROMENVIROTEC is not an event dedicated to a single sector, but a platform where all the fields that contribute to developing sustainable communities meet.

The concept of the 2027 edition is “City of the Future”, and this approach brings together renewable energy, storage and energy efficiency, water and wastewater management, waste management, mobility, the digitalisation of public services and smart urban infrastructure.

For companies and professionals in the waste management sector, this openness is very important. Sanitation can no longer be seen in isolation. Modern fleets depend on energy solutions and charging infrastructure, sorting and treatment facilities must be energy efficient, biowaste can become a source of biogas and biomethane, and smart collection requires sensors, traceability, communications and the integration of data into local administration systems.

A company therefore does not present its solution only to operators in its own sector. It can enter into direct dialogue with central and local authorities, utility operators, infrastructure managers, developers, investors, integrators and suppliers of complementary technologies.

This is the setting in which joint projects and integrated solutions for communities can emerge, not just one-off contracts for the purchase of equipment.

Exhibitors also have the opportunity to show concretely what problem their technology solves, how it can be integrated into existing infrastructure, what the real operating costs are and what results it can deliver. B2B meetings, institutional presentations, product launches and practical demonstrations create direct access to those who prepare projects, set budgets, make decisions and actually operate public services.

The ARSMD–ISWA Beacon conference adds to this platform a component of analysis and professional dialogue. In the conference we discuss policy, regulation, financing and the sector’s real needs, while in the exhibition we see the technologies and partners that can turn these objectives into projects, infrastructure and measurable results.

It is precisely this link between authorities, industry, capital, technology and operators that gives the event its particular value.

For a company, taking part means not only visibility, but the chance to enter the ecosystem in which the investments and public services of the future are being prepared.”

●  Waste Sector  /  2027

WASTE 2027 IS EXPANDING!

MORE SECTORS. MORE TECHNOLOGIES. MORE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

Every year, the WASTE sector widens its scope, attracting new technologies and companies from the waste management industry.

After the development of the BIOGAS sector in 2026, the STREET CLEANING sector is taking strong shape for 2027, with machinery, equipment and technologies for modernising sanitation services.

In the CITY OF THE FUTURE 2050, the waste management industry benefits from a complete exhibition and professional circuit that connects technologies, practical demonstrations, conferences, authorities and collaboration opportunities.

●  Circuit  /  Waste Sector

THE WASTE SECTOR. A COMPLETE CIRCUIT IN THE CITY OF THE FUTURE 2050.

●  Map  /  City of the Future 2050

ONE CIRCUIT. A WHOLE CITY.

23–25 March 2027 · Romexpo, Bucharest

PRESENT YOUR MACHINERY WHERE LOCAL AND CENTRAL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE!