Waste Management in the Public Sector 2021
Online Event 7 July 2021, 9:00am - 3:00pm
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Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr Cecilia MacLeod, Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich
9:40am
Keynote Address: Maximising The Contribution Of Resources And Waste Management To Net Zero And Resource Productivity
- Recommending the implementation of a critical policy frameworks that have the potential to deliver a step-change in resource efficiency and recycling
- Assessing the impact of the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility, Deposit Return Scheme and Collection Consistency proposals on influencing recyclability of packaging
- Calling for additional enforcement activity and funding to be directed at tackling waste crime
- Learning lessons from the pandemic to enable the UK to ‘Build Back Better’ and shape a green recovery
- Increasing domestic reprocessing capacity to reduce the UK’s heavy reliance on export markets for recovered materials
Dr Adam Read, President, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
10:00am
Keynote Address: Norwich City Council's Sustainable Waste Management Strategy
- The announcement of Norwich City Council's 'Environmental strategy 2020-25'
- Creating the Norwich City Services Ltd, the council owned company in charge of vital city services, including waste management
- The City's Reduce, Reuse, Recycle scheme with the aim of reducing waste and pushing for a more environmentally friendly city
- The push to reuse items through out the city, including bikes and textiles and the 'love your leftovers campaign'
Councillor Kevin Maguire, Lord Mayor of Norwich and Cabinet Member for Safe and Sustainable City Environment, Norwich City Council
10:20am
Keynote Address: Accelerating The Move To a Sustainable, Resource-Efficient Economy Through Re-Use And Recycling Of Waste Materials
- Developing the local authority toolkit to help local authorities create a great service including food waste collections and urban recycling
- Setting up the UK Plastics Pact to cut unnecessary plastic packaging by 40% and increase recycling to 50%
- Awarding Refill Infrastructure grants of between £50,000 - £150,000 for projects that trial new ways to implement refill infrastructure within an existing or new supply chain
- Involving local authorities in the Recycle Now campaign to promote recycling in the community
- Launching the ‘Wasting Food: It’s Out of Date’ brand to communicate the contribution of food wastage to climate change and environmental damage
Keith James, Head of Policy and Insight, WRAP
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break And Networking
11:35am
Keynote Address: Energy From Waste And The Circular Economy Net-Zero And Resource Efficient By 2050
- Plotting a path to become zero-emission and resource efficient by 2050 through the implementation of Energy for Waste technologies
- Recognising the limitations of the household recycling rate in the UK and the need for EfW plants to be less carbon-intensive
- Utilising second-generation EfW technologies: anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis and gasification: case study examples
- Exploiting EfW waste heat for industrial purposes by developing commercial clusters on post-industrial sites in the Midlands
- The resource recovery cluster model to provide a testbed for innovative and increasingly circular EfW and carbon capture technologies
Professor Martin Freer, Director, Birmingham Energy Institute (BEI) and Head of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
11:55am
Still WISHing For A Safer And Healthier Future
- The Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum: who they are and what they do
- WISH's best practice guidelines and support for organisations
- COVID-19 and Waste Management Activities
- Collaboration is key for successful and safe waste management processes
Chris Jones, Chairman, Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum (WISH)
12:15pm
Case Study: The Future Of Food Waste With Too Good To Go
- 1/3 of the world's food is wasted; hear from Too Good to Go and their mission to end food waste
- Hear new innovative ways to tackle food waste in the public sector
- Explore the future of food waste for a more sustainable future
Jamie Crummie, Co-Founder and Director, Too Good To Go
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Case Study: Oxfordshire Resources and Waste Partnership
- Oxfordshire’s Resources and Waste strategy has been developed on behalf of all Oxfordshire local authorities through the Oxfordshire Environment Partnership (OEP)
- As the population grows and the way we live changes, the way in which councils manage waste will change too
- Hear what Oxfordshire is doing to tackle their waste management to ensure a green and sustainable future
Vicky Beechey, Oxfordshire Resources and Waste Partnership Manager, Oxfordshire Resources and Waste Partnership
2:10pm
Case Study: Exeter Centre For Circular Economy (ECCE)
- The Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE) is a new centre of research into the circular economy
- The centre was launched by Dame Ellen MacArthur in September 2018
- It brings together leading academics, economists, scientists and practitioners, with the aim of creating a greener and more sustainable UK
Professor Peter Hopkinson, Professor in Circular Economy and Co-Director Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy, University of Exeter and Nicky Cunningham, Senior Impact and Partnership Development Manager, Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy
2:40pm
Question And Answers Session
3:00pm
Consultation
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close