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To be released immediately: 3^RD April 2000

RECYCLING CONFERENCE LINKS LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE COMMUNITY WASTE SECTOR

The Community Recycling Network's 11^th Annual Conference and exhibition will kick off with a panel discussion on Thursday night at Manchester Town Hall. The public debate will discuss a sustainable waste strategy for Greater Manchester, involving the public, private and community sector. The debate will be lead by experts from the community sector, waste management companies and leading consultants in the field.

The discussion panel is made up of Bernice Garlick, the Vice Chair of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority; Michael Ward, the Director of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies; Robin Murray from Ecologika; Phil Sherrett, the Operations Manager for Greater Manchester Waste Ltd and Lucy Danger, Worker Director of EMERGE Recycling. Councillor Neil Swannick will chair the debate.

On Friday the CRN Conference will be geared towards local authorities with presentations from the community sector and local authority members. The Local Authority Day will be a unique opportunity for local authorities to forge new partnerships with the community sector. Information will be exchanged on Best Practice Models, Beacon Council Partnerships, Best Value and Market Development. The CRN will also be holding its first exhibition.

Andy Moore, the CRN's Co-ordinator, says: "Things are moving fast in waste management. This is especially true in the waste management which takes place within the social economy. The most exciting aspect of this change and recent innovations will be revealed and discussed at this conference. It is the place to be if you want to be in the know."

Speakers from Australia, Greece and New Zealand will also be bringing an international perspective to the Conference.

Gerard Gillespie from Australia will tell the Conference about the success of Zero Waste policies in Australia and New Zealand and Florian Ermacora from the European Commission will tell delegates about the WEEE Directive and the European social economy. Matthew Pumphrey from Orrtec is also lined up to talk about lessons learnt from composting in the Antipodes, while Polina Gioka from The Ecological Recycling Society will make a presentation on community waste activity in Athens.

There will be more than 20 workshops ranging from management training for the sector to market development and waste exchanges.

For further information:

Lucy White, Events Organiser, (0117) 942 0142 or lucy@crn.org.uk

Andy Nelmes, CRN Press Officer, (0117) 907 4368 or andyn@crn.org.uk.

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