OREANDA-NEWS. On 19 March 2008 was announced, that on March 13-15, 2007 ‘Lenexpo’ Exhibition Complex hosted the VII International Ecological Forum with 2 specialized exhibitions conducted within its’ framework:
III International industrial exhibition of means and services in the sphere of collection, recycling and disposal of wastes "Waste management: technologies and equipment"and the XIV International industrial exhibition of the constructions and devices for protection of water and air basins and environmental protection services "Ecology of Big City".

The forum was conducted in assistance with the Committee of Housing of St. Petersburg government, the Committee of Environment and Natural Resource formed under the supervision of the Government of Leningrad Region, the Chamber of Trading and Commerce of St. Petersburg, the Association of Ecological Partnership formed under the supervision of the Chamber of Trading and Commerce of St. Petersburg, the Association of Environmental Treatment Systems development and support “Clean City”.

Russian magazine “Waste recycling” was the main forum’s informational sponsor.

This year Forum hosted around 140 companies – exhibition participants and over 500 business program participants. Different companies from Russia, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, and the Republic of Belarus took part in the exhibition.

The exhibition “Waste management: technologies and equipment” demonstrated appliances and technologies for collecting, sorting, recycling and utilization of industrial and domestic waste.
The exhibition visitors have specially noted several Russian companies: “Babylon”, “Techuniveral”, “Trade house ‘Nais’, “Spetsmechanizatsiya”, joint group “Mekhuborka”, “Petro –Vast”, and “Rosstan” which exposed the newest equipment for collecting, transportation and press of solid domestic and other types of waste.
Finnish company EcoSir Oy – the leader in the sphere of underground waste utilization systems – has participated in the exhibition for the first time.
Outside exhibition ground offered the visitors to observe the platform for a selective collecting of waste of ATP № 1 “Spetstrance”, these complexes are the future of St. Petersburg yards; there also was displayed the machine for burning of waste, which demonstrated the process of termination of paper and plastic waste materials, collected on “Lenexpo” premises.

“Ecology of Big City” exhibition presented the companies, offering different environmental services, technologies and equipment for water, sewage, and air treatment.
A vast variety of environmental and resource –saving technologies and services were presented by the members of the Association of ecological partnership by St. Petersburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Companies “Biotechprogress” and “Polichim, working in the sphere of water treatment, demonstrated new equipment and technologies for the different variants of treatment and purification.
Ltd “Bioecology” has presented a number of modern Toilet modules and cabins.
Exhibition business program contained excursions and training seminars, held at South-West water treatment plant, ATP № 1 “Spetstrans”, Landfield for solid domestic waste “Novy svet ECO” and “Spetstrans” factory.
Conferences “Bio energetic storm” - “Utilization of waste products in timber industry and agriculture”, “Perspectives of waste management development in St. Petersburg” arouse a great interest among the specialist from 43 Russian cities and towns as well as from foreign countries.

Apparently the exhibitions and other forum events were fully covered by Mass Media and announced in the business world due to the joint work of government and branch associations.

Undoubtedly such specialized events as International Ecological Forum contribute to the development of investment policy in the environmental sector of Russian economy, help to form State ecological policy in general, develop effective environmental measures, and increase the level of environmental culture and knowledge of our society.