Webinar - Indigenous Waste Management
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Yvette Dening, Senior Project Officer – Aboriginal Programs, NSW Environment Protection Authority
Waste Programs in Aboriginal Communities
Yvette identifies as a Kamilaroi woman who has worked in New South Wales Government the past 11 years with most of these years working with Local Aboriginal Lands Councils and Aboriginal Community Housing Providers across New South Wales. Throughout the past 11 years, Yvette has held a range of positions from Regulatory to Capacity Building with most of the work being with Aboriginal Communities. Yvette believes in listening to the mob on their needs and wants, with programs being codesigned with the mob to ensure better outcomes in Health, Housing, Education and Environment.
Yvette has recently joined the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and has been working on engaging and educating successful grant recipients through the Aboriginal Waste Programs. Without the past leaders, present and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, New South Wales would not be where it is today. Caring for Country means a lot to all of our Nations, Yvette wants to lead and align herself with protecting not only the Environment in New South Wales but the People. Yvette prides herself on gaining the knowledge of the Waste Industry and assisting Local Aboriginal Communities where possible, even if it is referring to another service.
Jennifer Thwaites, Wilcannia Local Aboriginal Land Council
Wilcannia Aboriginal Waste Management Project
Jennifer Thwaites moved from Sydney thirty years ago to work as Wilcannia Central School’s head teacher and still calls Wilcannia home. In 2018 Jennifer won the Wilcannia Citizen of the Year Award for her tireless work as the Chief Executive Officer of the Wilcannia Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) and has been credited for steering Wilcannia’s economic development.
The Wilcannia LALC established a Return and Earn over-the-counter collection centre in May 2019, collecting more than 175,000 containers in the first ten months. Last year, Wilcannia LALC won the Keep Australia Beautiful Return and Earn Litter Prevention Award for its container recycling initiative that then became part of an overarching whole-of-town project, resulting in a 60 per cent reduction in litter.
Amanda Henderson, Customer Engagement Coordinator, Resource Recovery Australia
Connecting with Indigenous Communities through Waste2Wages
Amanda refers to herself as a social media nerd, and marketing junkie. She has worked with passion and enthusiasm for Resource Recovery Australia's (RRA) parent organisation, Community Resources Limited since April 2019.
Moving into a targeted customer engagement role for RRA in Mid 2020, Amanda is responsible for identifying business and community development opportunities for the vast range of RRA’s waste diversion and reuse shop solutions.
Amanda will cover the diverse range of services provided by RRA across Australia, the #Waste2Wages model and how connecting with indigenous and local communities is key to RRA's success. Amanda will also speak to RRA’s targeted Aboriginal employment that has seen diversity growth in the social enterprise's operations that has benefited customers and regional communities across Australia.
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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.
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