Towards Sustainable Waste Management in the Public Sector
Online Event 13 July 2022, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr Cecilia MacLeod, Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich
9:40am
Keynote Address: Moving Toward A Low Carbon City
Dr Liz Goodwin, Chair, ReLondon
10:00am
Keynote Address: The Impact Of COVID-19 On Waste Management: The Positive And The Negative
- Addressing the impact of the pandemic on waste management
- Learning lessons from the pandemic to enable the UK to ‘Build Back Better’ and shape a green recovery
- Considering Chartered Institution of Wastes Management’s UK Waste Sector COVID-19 Response and Resilience Report
- Advancing the UK's End of Waste (EoW) by tackling the regulatory obstacles - CIWM Presidential Report 2022
Dr Anna Willetts, President, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
10:20am
Keynote Address: Is The Future A Circular Economy?
- Looking at the idea of a circular economy, the Government's plan to move towards this model, and the benefits this will bring
- Considering the role of a circular economy in the sustainable management of waste
- Looking at the creation of The National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research Hub and the £3.5 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to create a sustainable, circular economy where fewer resources are used and more waste materials reused
Nicky Cunningham, Policy Lead, Circular Economy Hub
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:00am
Break and Networking
11:30am
Keynote Address: Putting Sustainability Into Environment Social Governance
- Safety and a sustainable workforce
- Planning for safety and wellbeing while managing change
- Innovating for safer service delivery
Chris Jones, Chair, the Waste Industry and Health Forum
11:50am
Case Study: The UK's First Clear LDPE Cleaning & Recycling Initiative - Mainetti Polyloop
- Understanding how Mainetti can provide customers with the option to source clear polythene film that contains 30% recycled scrap material from anywhere in the world from the combination of its networks
- Embedding circular processes are built into every aspects of the manufacturing process
- Transforming leading fashion into Fashion For Good through introducing circular economy
Tim Royle, UK Sales Manager - Packaging, Mainetti Polyloop
12:10pm
Keynote Address: Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? The Independent Review for the Sottish Government
- Looking into the Scottish Government's performance on waste management, including Government's capacity, risks, and trade-offs
- Learning its multi-layered impacts on climate change, health, community and society, planning, and engagement with local communities
- Recognising the core roles local authorities have in delivering the Net Zero goal in the UK
- Monitoring the responses from the Scottish Government and driving actions from the Review's recommendations
Dr Colin Church, Chief Executive, Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining
12:30pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Keynote Address: Levelling Up Through Circular Economy
- Increasing UK Gross Value Added by £82 billion and boosting 550,000 jobs by 2030 through reducing emissions
- Reaching Net Zero goals by designing better resource management and considering its efficiency
- Understanding how local authorities play a pivotal role in delivering the Levelling Up White Paper and where the circular economy stands within
- Looking into WRAP's 2021 report (Net Zero - Why Resource Efficiency Holds The Answers) & 2022 report (Levelling UP Through A More Circular Economy)
Claire Shrewsbury, Director of Insights and Innovation, WRAP
2:00pm
Driving Net Zero Through Behaviour Change
- We need to start with systems, not individuals
- We need to focus on fewer, bigger changes
- We need to think harder about the role of consumption
- We need to test and learn to find out what works in the real world
David Hall, Founder and Executive Director, Behaviour Change
2:20pm
Case Study: Advancing Cross-Organisational Collaboration Through Project Integra
- Working with 14 Hampshire authorities on tackling and managing waste collectively – Project Integra was the first collaborative partnership in the industry in the 1990s
- Understanding the implications of the Resource and Waste Strategy 2018 and Environment Act legislation, and how this can be reflected in an updated Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy whilst there are still so many unknowns
- Changing services across the Country to meet the requirements of the new waste legislation, whilst also meeting the timeframe and requirements of new recycling
Abigail Cooke, Head, Project Integra
2:40pm
Questions And Answers Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close