I can’t recommend enough the annual Environmental Trade Fair and Conference (ETFC) presented by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).  These two days are a conference, convention, expo, network-building, customer/client interaction, relationship building, skill improving, knowledge enhancing…great time, deep in the heart of Texas!

TCEQ regulates hazardous and non-hazardous waste from both industrial and non-industrial facilities.

Though I missed the ETFC in 2014, I attended my first in 2013 and found it very helpful in improving the breadth and depth of my knowledge of the TCEQ regulations.  While I’m there entirely for issues related to waste management, there are exhibits and educational seminars on a variety of environmental regulatory topics.  Representatives of the TCEQ are there to answer your questions, so you know you are getting it right from the source.

With all the time spent learning from the TCEQ staff, I had to speed through the exhibit floor as fast as I could and an entire day wasn’t enough to see all the exhibitors – let alone speak with them.  The exhibitors I did speak with were from throughout the environmental industry and I came away with many good contacts  In several cases I was finally able to meet people face-to-face that I had done business with over the phone for years.

If you go, and I advise that you do, be prepared for two full days of networking and learning.

Mark your calendars for the 2015 Environmental Trade Fair & Conference (ETFC), May 5-6 2015, at the Austin Convention Center.

Exhibit booth sales will be opening soon:

*Pre-set double booths – Designated booths will be available on Oct 23^rd.

If you would like to purchase double booths not on sale on Oct. 23^rd, you may purchase any available booths on October 27^th.

Attendee Registration will open Monday, November 3rd at 9:00 am.

For more information on the ETFC, go to:

2015 Environmental Trade Fair and Conference

One more thing – If your Texas business generates a hazardous waste, universal waste, used oil, or a non-hazardous industrial solid waste, I advise you to attend my one-day (8 hour) training seminar held each year in Houston (January 2015, exact date TBD) and Dallas/Fort Worth (August 2015, exact date TBD).  Find me at the 2015 ETFC and I’ll give you a promotional code you can use for one of my training seminars in 2015!