Education - 6
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Stream 3
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 |
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM |
Shearwater Room |
Overview
Sneak preview: the EPA’s new online organic industry training course.
Amanda Kane, NSW Environment Protection Authority
Speaker
Ms Amanda Kane
Organics Manager, Circular Economy Programs
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Sneak preview: the EPA’s new online organic industry training course
3:30 PM - 3:50 PMBiography
Amanda Kane manages the NSW EPA’s $100 million Organics Infrastructure Fund. She is a former journalist, and experience media and issues manager. With an additional $35.5 million allocated under Waste Less Recycle More to 2021, to get food and garden waste out of landfill, Amanda’s current role involves tackling that on every front. Prevention, through Love Food Hate Waste; better collection services for homes and business; increasing processing capacity to manage the increased supply and supporting the development of healthy, viable markets for the recycled product.
Chairperson
Jem Hansen
Senior Environmental Consultant
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