Waste 2016 Conference Presentations

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Keynote Addresses

• The UK: going circular in a time of austerity - Paul Frith, Director, Frith Resource Management UK (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Waste Ecosystem: Policy, regulatory reform, funding and technology working together - Steve Beaman, Executive Director Waste and Resource Recovery, NSW Environment Protection Authority (View: Video Recording)
• 20 years of waste in review - Mike Ritchie, Managing Director, MRA Consulting Group (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Seeing the opportunities in abatement - Amar Rathore, General Manager, Technical Assessment and Support, Clean Energy Regulator (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Southern Cross University – launching a new degree major for waste management and resource recovery - Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, Associate Professor Deputy Head of School, Southern Cross University(View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Panel Discussions

• A CDS for NSW: issues and opportunities - Facilitator: Tony Wright, Joint Managing Director, Wright Corporate Strategy (View: Video Recording)
• Understanding the circular economy - Facilitator: Dominic Hogg, Chairman and Founder, Eunomia Research and Consulting UK (View: Video Recording)
• Energy from Waste: meeting economic and political goals - Facilitator: Miriam Borthwick, Former ABC Journalist/ Media and Communications Consultant (View: Video Recording)

Planning and Infrastructure

• ƒƒChallenges and risks to waste management infrastructure - Phil Carbins, Sydney Landfill Business Manager, NSW Infrastructure, SUEZ (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• ACT Waste Feasibility Study – a transformation roadmap towards improved waste management for the ACT - Chris Morrison, Program Director, ACT Waste Feasibility Study (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Waste to energy infrastructure development: A global perspective - Dr Chindarat Taylor, Founder and Director, Resource Efficiency Pathway, UK and Thailand (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Developing a plan for Queensland’s future waste infrastructure - Dominic Schliebs, Team Leader, Waste Advisory Team, Arcadis, and Julian Chan, Principal Policy Officer, Strategic Environment and Waste Policy, Qld Department Environment and Heritage Protection (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Business planning for resource recovery infrastructure – lessons learnt from within the engine room - Dr Mark Jackson, Director, Jackson Environment and Planning (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• EfW in Australia – what does it mean for local government? - Dr Ron Wainberg, Technical Director, MRA Consulting Group (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Is energy from waste a ‘hot topic’ for the community - Hazel Storey, Strategic Regional Coordinator, SSROC (Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils), and Vicky Critchley, Project Manager, Elton Consulting (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Moving the mountain – regional waste in metro Sydney -  Janine Ricketts, Assistant Director, Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, and Mark Taylor, NSW General Manager Resource Recovery, Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Waste rationalisation in a remote Western NSW Shire - Andrew Johns, Director Environment and Planning, Lachlan Shire Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Circular Economy

• Circular economy progress in the UK; EEE case studies- Dominic Hogg, Chairman and Founder, Eunomia Research and Consulting UK (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• The circular economy:A resource recovery industry perspective - Grant Musgrove, CEO, Australian Council of Recycling (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Industrial ecology. The truth is out there - Robbie Beale, Manager Waste and Recycling Infrastructure, NSW Environment Protection Authority (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• TIC Group delivering a circular economy solution - Lina Goodman, General Manager Marketing, TIC Group (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Using a circular economy approach as a marketing tool - Brendan Lee, Sales and Marketing Manager, Closed Loop (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Education and Technology

• So, you think you can recycle? - Janet Sparrow, Senior Project Officer – Regional Delivery, NSW Environment Protection Authority (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• 110,000 students and counting – learnings from a decade of delivering Cleanaway’s kNOw wasteTM education program - Michelle Mandl-Keating, Education Manager NSW/ACT, Cleanaway (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Make the change: a new NSW framework for education and engagement for sustainability - Jem Hansen, Chair, Make the Change Project Management Group, AAEE NSW (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Case study: Engaging CALD communities on waste and recycling in MUDs - Toni Heward, Senior Consultant (Victoria), EnviroCom Australia (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Schools waste wise challenge - Danielle Hanigan, Waste Education Officer, Lismore City Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• The Love Food Hate Waste challenge – a multifaceted education program - Linda Tohver, Education Coordinator, North East Waste (View: PDF Presentation ) (View: Video Recording)
• Breaking bad - Henry Moore, Manager Waste Strategy and Innovation, NSW Environment Protection Authority (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Utilising play for community engagement and education - Ben Rolfe, Lecturer in Serious Games, University of the Sunshine Coast (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• You are what you waste – photographic exploration of the waste we produce - Anthony Collins, Manager of Sustainability and Waste, Parramatta City Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Container Deposit Scheme

• Container deposits: how much cash is in the bins? - Alex Young, Senior Manager - Resource Recovery, NSW Environment Protection Authority, and Anne Prince, Director, A.Prince Consulting (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• The impact and benefits to communities as a result of CDS - Jeff Angel, Executive Director, Total Environment Centre (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Local government issues regarding the Container Deposit Scheme - Susy Cenedese, Strategy Manager, Local Government NSW, and Greg Freeman, Managing Director, Impact Environmental Consulting (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• The role of reverse vending machines in the Container Deposit Scheme - Narelle Anderson, Managing Director, Envirobank (View: Video Recording)

Tenders & Contracts

• Innovation in waste service tenders and contracts - Noni Shannon, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Building contracts for all waste services - Kathy Woods, Manager - Resource Recovery, The Hills Shire Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Performance Based Contracting – Hume MRF Case Study - Chris Morrison, Program Director, ACT Government, and Andrew Quinn, Principal Environmental Consultant Waste Management, GHD (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Evaluating tenders for waste services – probity, positives and pitfalls - Daniel McPhee, Director, Procure Group (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Product Stewardship

• Finding the waste: what the NTCRS needs to do next - Carmel Dollisson, CEO, ANZRP (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Two years on: Tyre stewardship in Australia - Matt Genever, Chief Executive Officer, Tyre Stewardship Australia (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Paintback: Transforming the stewardship space - Karen Gomez, Chief Executive, Paintback (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• The value relationship in product stewardship - Peter Tamblyn, Sales and Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific, Close the Loop (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Litter, Illegal Dumping & Hazardous Waste

• Illegal Dumping – coming to a smartphone near you - Danielle Playford, Manager Illegal Dumping and Renee Fairhurst, Senior Project Officer, NSW Environment Protection Authority (View: Video Recording)
• Resource recovery integrated website - Heather Brooks, Waste Education Officer, Strathfield Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Councils and EPA – Rid the State of Dumping - Darryl Atkins, Manager Rid Project, Bankstown City Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Supporting charities affected by illegal dumping - Juliana Cain, Regional Waste Education Coordinator, Hunter Councils (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• It costs HOW much? – The cost of litter management to NSW - Sharon Owens, Manager Litter Prevention, NSW Environment Protection Authority, and Roslyn Florie- George, Business Manager, MRA Consulting Group (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Community litter grants - David Imrie, CEO, Keep NSW Beautiful (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Householders’ Asbestos Disposal Scheme (HADS) -Kiera Crosariol, Environmental Consultant – Project Manager, MRA Consulting Group (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Waste on our shores - Benjamin Reid, Project Officer, Tangaroa Blue Foundation (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Collection

• How Auckland’s new inorganic collection service is maximising resource recovery and social value - Ian Stupple, Head of Waste Solutions, Auckland Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Kerbside hard waste collection methodologies and MUD’s – future trend analysis - Michael Sankey, Regional Manager – Sydney Municipal, Cleanaway (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Using technology for best practice monitoring and reporting in waste collection contracts - Dr Patricia Chamberlain, Research Analyst, Centre for Environmental Solutions (C4ES) (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Thinking of going FOGO? - Andrea Baldwin, Team Leader Waste Management, Albury City Council, and Nina Hardy, Project Communications and Education Manager, Cleanaway (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Raising the bar: Benchmarking as a tool for assessing and improving operational performance in collections - Adam Faulkner, Chief Executive Officer, East Waste, and Emma Mountjoy, Senior Environmental Consultant, Arcadis (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Valuing what’s unwanted – what’s next after a clean-up audit? - David Kuhn, Regional Strategic Coordinator, SSROC (Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils) (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Waste mattresses – not just a council  problem - Lee Smith, Director, Möbius Chief Executive Officer Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (View: PDF Presentation)  (View: Video Recording)
• Multi-unit dwelling engagement and resource recovery - Anil Gupta, Waste Education and Contracts Administration Officer, City of Canterbury, and Cameron Ross, ResourceRecovery Officer, Cleanaway (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Organics

• Green bin revolution - Sian McGhie, Senior Project Officer, NSW Environment Protection Authority (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Engaging the community to improve food organics diversion - Kathy Scarborough, Waste Audit Manager, KESAB environmental solutions (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Beneficial reuse of organic resources. Localised viewpoints, ideas and case studies for organic recyclers - Peter McLean, Executive Officer, Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA) (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• AS4454 is not the Holy Grail for recycled organic products - Kathryn Herron Environmental Consultant Waste & Sustainability, KMH Environmental and Angus Johnston, Principal Consultant Waste & Resource Recovery, KMH Environmental (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Landfill

• Achieving landfill excellence - Grant Gibson, Engineering and Environmental Projects Manager, Cleanaway (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Prioritising remediation of former landfill sites - David Ife, Technical Director – Environment, AECOM (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Getting the best out of your contractors on a landfill site - Nick Duffy, Operations Supervisor VIC/TAS, Cleanaway (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Gloucester, the transition of a rural landfill - Tania Parkinson, Environment and Waste Coordinator, Gloucester Shire Council (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Social Enterprise

• Making a real difference – a new waste paradigm for Aboriginal communities - Mark Conlon, CEO, Waste Aid, and Danyelle Carter, Manager Regional Delivery, NSW Environment Authority (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Garage Sale Trail, government-enabled, community-powered - Darryl Nichols, CoFounder, Garage Sale Trail Foundation (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)
• Social procurement and social enterprises turning waste into wages - Mark Daniels, Head of Market and Sector Development, Social Traders, and John Weate, Consultant, Resource Recovery Australia (View: PDF Presentation Mark Daniels and John Weate) (View: Video Recording)
• Circular Economy Centres, putting the CE into CRCs - Miles Lochhead, Deputy Convenor, Community Recycling Network Australia (CRN) (View: PDF Presentation) (View: Video Recording)

Wokshops

• Workshop 1: Creating job ready graduates for the waste management industry – what do employers want? - Facilitators: Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, Associate Professor Deputy Head of School, and Dr. Michael Whelan – Course Co-ordinator Bachelor of Environmental Science, Southern Cross University (View: PDF Presentation)
• Workshop 2 Regional Corner  - Facilitated by Steven Campbell, Director of Planning and Environment, Parkes Shire Council / Netwaste Chair.

Participants for Workshop 2 - Regional Corner include: ƒ

• James Turnell, Manager Waste Services, Armidale Dumaresq Shire Council (View: PDF Presentation)
• Peter Cotterill, Senior Environment and Health Coordinator, Narrabri Shire Council
• John Cavanagh, Manager Health and Regulatory Services, Great Lakes Shire Council (View: PDF Presentation) 
• ƒKaren Rudkin, Project Officer, North East Waste ƒ (View: PDF Presentation)
• Steve Pellen, Coordinator City Services, Kempsey Shire Council ƒ (View: PDF Presentation)
• Ken Wilson, Sustainable Service Coordinator, Clarence Valley Council (View: PDF Presentation)