Behaviour and Comms Theatre
The Behaviour & Communications Theatre investigates and opens up debate as to what’s working and failing in health and safety across the sector, with topics including the future of “pay-as-you-throw,” deposit and refund schemes, and education and training.
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Wednesday
11.00 - 11.30
Keith Sonnet
Making a Social Impact with Electronic Waste
How can your IT refresh help a teenager the suburbs of Bogota? We take a look at what happens to an office computer when you stop using it, and the surprising places it could end up.
11.45 - 12.15
Simon Ellin
Quality Recycling in a Changing Global Marketplace
An exploration of how the whole supply chain can partner to create a fully circular economy. In a changing global marketplace, it is critical that the industry works together to produce and present a quality baled commodity. This starts at the design stage and ends at the processing stage. Maximum permitted transportation weights coupled with the safe presentation is key to acceptance where every bale is now scrutinised for quality and safety.
12.30 - 13.00
Robert Vaughan
Behaviour change and Communications
Comms and behaviour change in the context of LA collections of recycling and consistency.
13.15 - 13.45
Michael Groves
Putting the smart into waste
A wave of new technologies is changing and disrupting manufacturing, logistics, financial services and many other sectors. Waste management and recycling is no exception and this seminar will explore some of the Industry 4.0 innovations changing the sector and driving waste reduction and increasing the utility of this material.
14.00 - 14.30
Jane Hall
Digital Disruption of the Waste Industry
Can digital technologies help to make waste management easier? Can they help to solve the UK’s waste problems? Are they a threat or of benefit? This seminar aims to answer these questions and discusses the impacts that advances in digital technologies are having on waste management practices.
14.45 - 15.15
Dan Cooke
The Real Big Picture - Our Sector’s Sustainability & the SDGs
How does the UK Recycling, Resources & Waste Sector measure up when it comes to contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
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Thursday
11.00 - 11.30
Steve Morgan & Anne Hitch
Household Plastics Kerbside Data and Reducing Consumer Confusion
Overview of the UK Household Plastics Collection Survey 2018 and an insight into the issues and opportunities for plastics recycling that the data indicates. An overview of consumer insight work conducted by RECOUP during 2018, as well as campaigns aimed at reducing consumer confusion on plastics recycling.
11.45 - 12.15
Deposit & Refund: Does it work?
LIVE Panel Debate
A broad and balanced panel discussion looking into the potential benefits and issues of deposit and refund schemes.
12.30 - 13.00
Deposit & Refund: Does it work?
LIVE Panel Debate
A broad and balanced panel discussion looking into the potential benefits and issues of deposit and refund schemes.
13.15 - 13.45
Tamma Carel
ISO14001 and Sustainable Resource Management
The ISO14001:2015 transition aims to ensure that environmental management systems can address the environmental and wider sustainability challenges faced by organisations operating in a globalised economy. Sustainable resource management allows businesses to implement actions in relation to the selection, sourcing, usage and re-use of materials, at both an organisational level and across the value chain. Organisations are realising that robust resource management is good for the environment and for business.
14.00 - 14.30
Jane Hall
Digital Disruption of the Waste Industry
Can digital technologies help to make waste management easier? Can they help to solve the UK’s waste problems? Are they a threat or of benefit? This seminar aims to answer these questions and discusses the impacts that advances in digital technologies are having on waste management practices.
14.45 - 15.15
Dr Geoff Brighty
Understanding the Plastic Problem: the Key to Unlock the Solution
The explosion of awareness of ocean plastics, following our Foundation’s film A Plastic Ocean, and more recently Blue Planet 2, has led to a range of solutions being proposed – bans, circular economy, bioplastics etc. This issue is much more nuanced and complex that at first sight. The seminar will focus on defining the ‘plastic’ problem, so as to understand what the potential solutions.
15.30 - 16.00
Judith Turner, Vicki Cooper & Denise McGlynn
Competence Management Scheme – demonstration of Environmental Permit Technical Competence
CMS is a management system based standard developed by EU Skills which is approved by Defra, the EA, the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales as a method of demonstrating technical competence of permitted waste sites. It can be used by any organisation, from any industry, that is required to demonstrate technical competence for their environmental permit. Learn more about the Standard, the benefits of implementing a CMS and the route to certification.
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