TPMEA Awards 2023 Green Award

MTD wins the inaugural Green Award for its outstanding work in the field of water and waste sustainability.

New for 2023, The TPMEA Awards Green Award was introduced to recognise achievements within the live event production industry for sustainable practice. The coveted award was judged by a panel made up of industry experts, including Production Manager and TPG Sustainability facilitator, Jamal Chalabi; Vision: 2025’s Graham Brown; Hope Solutions’ Luke Howell; and Sustainability & Social Values Manager from SLX, Phoebe Currie, winner of TPi’s 2023 Green Award.

Th ere was no shortage of enthusiasm for the new award, with a strong shortlist including the likes of Aggreko, BE Experiential, BeWunder, Encore, FLOW Solutions, MTD, and Skymagic.

Th e winner of the inaugural Green Award was MTD – a family-owned global company with its headquarters in Tilburg, the Netherlands, and offices located in Europe, the Americas, the www.hopesolutions.services www.tourproductiongroup.co.uk www.vision2025.org.uk

Middle East and Asia Pacific – for its work at MDLBEAST Soundstorm.

MTD has been the preferred strategic partner for MDLBEAST Soundstorm since 2021, planning and executing the complete water infrastructure for the event. Besides taking care of the entire drinking framework at the world’s biggest festival overlay, at this year’s festival, MTD had the world premiere of its wastewater treatment unit, the black label.

Using reverse osmosis, a process used to remove a large majority of contaminants from water by pushing the water under pressure through a semipermeable membrane, MTD can recycle water.

Du ring Soundstorm 2022, wastewater from the toilets was purified inside the black label unit to the extent that it could be re-used for watering the plants and cleaning by the sweepers. During Soundstorm, MTD employed the black label unit for three weeks at a rate of 1,000 litres per hour. MTD is further developing the unit, to be able to treat 25,000 litres of wastewater per hour.

Besides working on upgrading the treatment capacity, MTD is also aiming to further improve the unit so that wastewater can be used as shower and flushing water after treatment.

MT D is continuously innovating its products and services to contribute to a sustainable and water-saving infrastructure, improving the water balance and reducing the CO2 footprint. The company is recognised as a true end-to-end water partner, undertaking 1,500 projects per year, for events, expos and industrial markets.