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CRN WELCOMES MICHAEL MEACHER TO ITS 14TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
March 10, 2003 CRN/AN/PR37 To be released immediately
Michael Meacher, the minister for the environment, will be making the key address at the Community Recycling Network's (CRN) 14th Annual Conference this spring.
"We're delighted that the minister is able to be with us," says Andy Moore, CRN's coordinator. "We know him to be a committed recycling enthusiast just like us and his input and presence will be more than welcome."
Mr Meacher's speech at the CRN annual conference follows last year's successful appearance by the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett when she stressed the importance of local authorities and the community sector working together to achieve the overall objectives of the government's waste strategy.
The CRN conference - held this year at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, May 14-16 - will showcase the best in community recycling, with speakers from as far afield as Minnesota, USA, Alberta and Belgium as well as the leading lights of sustainable waste management in this country.
Leading environmental consultant Dr Dominic Hogg will be discussing source separation as the way forward for kerbside collections. Susan Hubbard of Eureka Recycling from the USA will be telling delegates about running the largest not-for-profit kerbside recycler in the States.
Waste management solutions, balancing the environmental, economic and social imperatives will come under the spotlight for Andy Bond and Andy Cunningham, who help run two of the most successful community recycling operations in the UK - ECT Recycling and Avon Friends of the Earth.
Adding to the international flavour guest speakers from Philadelphia and Alberta will be giving their perspectives on local government and community waste management solutions.
Social enterprise, addressing disadvantage and tonnage, and funding opportunities for 2003 are other topics lined up for discussion.
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The Community Recycling Network is a national umbrella organisation for more than 300 community groups, co-operatives and not-for-profit businesses in the community waste sector. Its aim is to promote community-based recycling as the most effective way of tackling the UK's growing waste problem. Its members have achieved some of the highest recycling rates in the UK and offer separated kerbside recycling collections to 1.6 million households - seven per cent of the UK population.
The Community Recycling Network is based at Trelawny House, Surrey Street, Bristol, BS2 8PS, tel: (0117) 942 0142. The CRN website is www.crn.org.uk. For more information please contact: Andy Nelmes, CRN Press Officer, (0117) 908 0415 or 07949 626119, andyn@crn.org.uk or Jo Grimshaw, CRN Events Coordinator, (0117) 942 0142, jo@crn.org.uk
February 26, 2003 CRN/AN/PR38 To be released immediately