Live seminars
Once again, we are delighted to offer visitors to Letsrecycle.com Live FREE entrance to our live seminars where you will see some great debate and lively discussion on the latest industry developments. The overriding theme for this year’s live seminar programme is recycling and waste management with three additional communities. Each community will have specific subject areas covered through the seminar and demonstration programme.
We are pleased to announce Shanks as the sponsor of Theatre A.
Shanks Waste Solutions are sponsoring the main seminar theatre at this years events. Gerard Reynolds, Sales and Marketing Director of Shanks, comments “ Shanks are proud to be able to support the main seminar theatre at this years events. We recognise the importance of and are committed to providing high quality information to our customers”.
Shanks also have a stand and can be found on J19.
Seminar programme
Stoneleigh Park 31 May – 1 June 2006
Wednesday May 31
Outdoor Arena
2.30pm
An outdoor presentation on health and safety matters with regard to vehicles. This event will include practical demonstrations, expert HSE and industry guidance, plus the opportunity to ask for advice and questions.
Speakers include:
Waste vehicles and pedestrian safety - Paul Harvey, HSE Principal Inspector
Mirros and vehicle safety - Ray Hipkin, Biffa Waste Services
There's many a slip - Paul Thornber, Veolia Environmental Services
A local authority viewpoint - Bob Mason, Kettering Borough Council
Theatre A - sponsored by: 
10.30am MBT – reality or smokescreen? This seminar will look at the role that mechanical biological treatment processes can play in increasing recycling and diverting waste from landfill.
- Paul Dumpleton, director of materials management, Shanks Group plc
- Paul Frith, consultant, BE Environmental
- Ian Crummack, general manager, Cyclerval UK
12.00pm WEEE – meeting the targets. How local authorities and industry will work together to meet recycling targets for waste electrical and electronic equipment.
- Adrian Harding, Environment Agency
- Phil Conran, recycling manager, Biffa Waste Services and Transform
- Neil Ferris, WEEE policy adviser, LARAC.
2.00pm High-fliers. How local authorities can achieve high recycling rates. Some of the UK's top performers will reveal their secrets alongside an overview of some of the collection routes that bring results.
- Sandra Pell, head of service (waste management), St Edmundsbury borough council
- Mark Shelton, waste reduction and recycling manager, Cambridgeshire county council
- Peter Mansfield, operations manager, Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Europe
Theatre B
10.30am Sustainable landfill – methods and regulation. This seminar will look at the latest developments in permitting and regulations including OPRA and how the industry is developing landfill gas as a resource.
- David Purchase, Policy Manager, Environment Agency
- Stuart Hayward-Higham, SITA UK and chairman of the Environmental Services Association's landfill gas committee
- Jason Stringer, Regulatory Support Manager, Biffa Waste Services
12.00pm End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling. Can the UK really meet its vehicle recycling targets and how best can this be achieved.
- Steve Norgrove, head of waste management and vehicle unit, Department of Trade and Industry
- Max Pemberton, AutoGreen Automotive Life-cycle Solutions
- Derek Wilkins, end-of-life vehicles co-ordinator, European Metal
2.30pm Battery recycling. A new EU directive will impose recycling targets and the UK has played a major role in helping to shape the way this is imposed. Experts will talk about the likely targets and how battery recycling may be funded and delivered.
- Steve Norgrove, Department of Trade and Industry
- Michael Green, managing director, G&P Batteries
- British Battery Manufacturers Association
Thursday June 1
Theatre A - sponsored by:
10.30am–12.30pm Using PRNs. A morning conference looking at how income from packaging waste recovery notes is used, and whether in the future more material can be collected from the household waste stream with funding support from PRN revenues.
- Sheila McKinley, head of producer responsibility, Defra
- John Turner, chairman, Advisory Committee on Packaging
- Cherry Hamson, communications director, Alupro – the aluminium packaging industry recycling organisation
- Rick Hindley, local authority manager, Valpak
- Paper industry view
- A view from LARAC, the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee
2.00pm Pushing for plastic. The benefits of recycling more material from the domestic waste stream and using recycled material in consumer products.
- Paul Davidson, materials manager, Waste and Resources Action Programme
- Martin Rogers, Coca-Cola
- Stuart Foster, project manager, Recoup
Theatre B
10.30am Composting standards and outlets. A look at the importance of standards and how well they are recognised by government and regulators. Plus, the seminar will consider the importance of outlets for compost.
- Jane Gilbert, chief executive, Composting Association
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Waste and Resources Action Programme
- Stephen Wise, head of organics, SITA UK
12.00pm The mechanics of WEEE recycling. Legislation is driving the recycling of electrical equipment and this event will have a practical approach, looking at a selection of recycling services with an assessment of costs and results.
- Jeff Weeks, technical director, Environcom
- Greg Hewlett, Sims Recycling
- David Sutcliffe, CKS Group
2.30pm Enforcing recycling by residents. Requiring residents to recycle is the new strategy for many local authorities. How can this be enforced and what quality issues arise alongside higher recycling rates, are topics for this seminar.
- Nicola Buck, recycling manager, London borough of Barnet
- Derbyshire local authority
- Mary Corin, recycling manager, Grosvenor Waste Management
Watch this space to find out more about our Live Seminar programme. Don’t miss out, register today!
