Webinar - Keynote Addresses

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This first session of our webinar series will be opened by Gayle Sloan, CEO, Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR). Gayle will introduce the two international keynote presenters and provide a short update as to the current state of play within the waste and resource recovery industry.


Annette Synowiec, Director - Policy, Planning & Outreach, City of Toronto

Striving to be an international leader through an innovative program focused on sustainability

The City of Toronto's Solid Waste Management Services division strives to be a leader in innovative and sustainable solid waste management practices. 

As part of its Long Term Waste Management Strategy (Waste Strategy), the City is working towards an aspirational goal of zero waste and a circular economy. Learn more about what the City is doing to reduce waste and move towards a circular approach that focuses on sustainability, product longevity, renewability, reuse and repair.


Dr Geoff Brighty, Managing Director, Environmental Sustainability UK

Innovation, policy and action – The latest UK response to the plastic waste and ‘resource opportunity’

Plastics leakage directly into the world’s oceans, as well as via freshwaters and land-air pathways represents a global system failure for managing plastic. Through recycling this material using circular thinking, we can reduce the consumption of natural resources, saving valuable sources of primary virgin feedstock and protect the environment from wasteful plastic pollution. 

The webinar will look at the UK progress to improve its performance on plastic recycling, through a range of measures including support through innovation programmes, progressive policy development, market interventions and target setting, and importantly the business-led UK Plastic Pact.

Moderator


Gayle Sloan, CEO, Waste Management & Resource Recovery Association of Australia

Gayle has a law and arts degree from the University of Adelaide. She worked for the NSW Attorney General’s Department for a number of years before moving into the Attorney General’s Ministerial Office in 1998, and then the NSW Police Minister’s Office in 2000.

Following this time in state government, Gayle worked as a Director in a number of NSW councils, primarily looking after service delivery and assets. She developed and delivered a number of waste management contracts on behalf of councils, as well as managed environment and regulatory departments, including rangers and compliance officers.  

After three years of being a stay-at-home mum, Gayle returned to work in 2012 at Visy Recycling. In November 2015, Gayle joined WMRR as Chief Executive Officer.