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CRN
UK Annual Conference 2004
Catch the Recycling Bug
Thank you to all those people who made
the 15th annual conference such a huge success. We have had very positive
feedback on the content and networking opportunities at this years conference.
Please see below for the speaker presentations.
Summaries of the seminars are now available to download. We hope you
will find this useful.
The audio versions of the main speaker
presentations are now available from CRN UK. A CD version can be obtained
by contacting Carrie Freeman (Events Assistant) on 0117 9420142 or emailing
events@crn.org.uk.
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DAY1 - WEDNESDAY 19 May 2004
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UPCOMING CHALLENGES FOR WASTE MANAGERS
Urban
waste opportunities and challenges - Nicky Gavron, Labour candidate
for Deputy Mayor
Today's
policy agenda for waste and resources: progress or procrastination?
- Ray Georgeson, WRAP
Waste,
the global phenomenon and the proximity principle - Ric Anthony,
Grass roots Recycling, California
Minister's Address - Rt Hon Elliot Morley MP
The
Ministers speach is now available here. It is not verbatim but
covers the main points.
Could you put the attached on the web, with a note saying that
it shows the main points covered but is not verbatim. Could you
also put a note to say that we have recordings of the main plenary
speakers that can be copied onto cd for a small fee for p&p.
Political Will - its role in recycling
Political Will and Money: is it possible to secure both? Martin
Winter, Mayor of Doncaster
Government
support: The construction of Exemplars through the Welsh Assembly
- Mal Williams, Coordinator, Cylch
Voluntary
Finance Initiative and Sure Funding - update on a cost savings
based approach to funding the community waste sector - Ben Metz,
London CRN
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Rt Hon Elliot Morley MP
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Afternoon Seminars
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Session
1 - Identifying the Practicalities of Implementing WEEE in the
UK
Speakers include:
Chair: Sheila McKinley, Defra
Craig
Anderson, FRN
Bruce
Bratley, London ReMade
Andrew
Lunnon, Dti
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Session
4 - Funding recycling for local authorities and commuity groups
Speakers include:
Chair: Mike Croxford, Newport Wastesavers
Linda
Crichton, WRAP
John Enright, Head of Local Authority Support, WIP
Paul
Knuckle, CRED
Louise
Owens, RSNC
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Session
2 - Meeting Recycling and Composting Targets Through the Diversion
of Food Waste
Speakers include:
Chair: Andy Cunningham, CRN UK Executive Member
Nick
James, State VET Service
Nick McAllister,
CCN
Cam Matheson, ELCRP
Catherine Hallewell, HDRA
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Session
5 - Maximising Recycling Rates at Civic Amenity Sites
Speakers include:
Chair - Joe Papineschi, Eunomia Research and Consulting
Charlotte Beaumont, Future West
Austin
Willett, Restore Kings Cross Furniture Store
Will
Gardiner, North London Waste Authority
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Session
3 - Challenging the collection methodologies of householder separated
collections
Speakers include:
Chair: Iain Gulland, CRN UK Executive Member
Dominic
Hogg, Eunomia Research and Consulting
Mike Colyer, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Andy Bond, ECT Recycling
Rick Hindley, Alcan Aluminium Can Recycling
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Session
6 - Zero Waste
Speakers include:
Chair: Ray Georgeson, WRAP
Martin Winter, Mayor of Doncaster
Ric Anthony, Grass Roots Recycling, California
Mal Williams, Cylch
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Procurement of Waste and Recycling Services
Intergrated versus Modular Contracts
Speakers include:
Dominic Hogg, Eunomia Research and Consulting
John Enright, Head of Local Authority Support, WIP
Lee
Marshall, Stratford-upon-Avon District Council
Procurement from SMEs and the Community Sector
Speakers include:
Richard
Macfarlane, co-author of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report
Achieving Community Benefits Through Contracts
Andy
Bond, ECT Recycling
Geoffrey Tierney, ODPM
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DAY 2 - Thursday 20 May 2004
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Marketing, Media and Awareness
Community-based
marketing explained. Raising awareness through practical action
- Mark Walton, The Recycling Consortium
Rethink
Rubbish Western Riverside - Boosting Kerbside Effectiveness -
Jim Fielder, Waste Watch
Awareness
is not enough - Clare Lennard, Case Study Ecoactive in Hackney
Branding
recycling as a lifestyle choice - Fay Dashper, Oxfordshire County
Council and Anna Maris, Resource Publishing
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Anna Maris and Fay Dashper - May 2004
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Morning Seminars
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Session
1 - Opportunities in Waste and Job Creation
Speakers include:
Chair: Jim McLaughlin, CRN UK Executive Committee Member
Terry McDonald, St Vincents de Paul, Oregon
Ann Menzies-Blythe, Wildwood
Peter Lee, Recycling
Ollerton & Broughton (ROB)
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Session
4 - Expanding involvement in recycling in harder to reach communities
Speakers include:
Chair: Dave Birley, Safe Neighbourhood Unit
Worku Lakew, Tower Hamlets Community Recycling Consortium
Manda Brookman, CoaST - Cornwall Sustainable Tourism
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Session
2 - Environmental Education in Schools
Speakers include:
Session run by The Recycling Consortium
Chair: Martin Pearce, TRC
Robin Jones, North Somerset Education Officer, TRC
Dawn McGhee, North Somerset Education Officer, TRC
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Session
5 - The challenge of dealing with industrial and commercial waste
Speakers include:
Chair: Doreen Fedrigo, Waste Watch
Richard Mehmed, NCWRP Wood
Sally
Purnell, Network Recycling
Andrew Pears, Kotuku
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Session 3 - Training Opportunities within the Sector
Speakers include:
Chair: Emma Hallett, CRN UK
Adam Martin, Ambios
Jude
Warrender, CRN UK
Liz
Green, WRAP
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Session
6 - Linking up with awareness campaigns and achieving best results
Speakers include:
Chair: Peter Woodward, Quest Associates
Gareth Morton, SWAP
Gareth Lloyd, Director of Communications, WRAP
Anna Maris, Resource Publishing
Lewis Herbert, Anglia Region Waste Awareness SLIM YOUR BIN! Campaign
ARWAC 1997 to 2002
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Recognising the economic and social benefits
of waste
The opportunities reprocessing presents for job creation - Terry
McDonald, St Vincent de Paul's Oregon
Please download all four parts for the full presentation.
Part
1
Part
2
Part
3
Part
4
Plugging
the Leaks... - Justin Sacks, New Economics Foundation
Case
Study: Added value achievements in Scotland - Clive Good, Campbeltown
Wastewatchers
Waste in the Regions
Pooling
Waste Targets - Steve Palfrey, Somerset County Council
Working
with the RDA - Angela White, Yorkshire Forward
How
the community sector fits with the regional agenda - Naomi Johnson,
CRN UK and Philippa Roberts, London CRN
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Justin Sacks - May 2004
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