Day 2 - Session Plan
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What types of commercial and industrial wastes arise
Why they are an important resource?
Describe the commercial waste and recycling services provided by local authorities
How they are collected and pricing mechanisms
Future issues with regard to commercial waste and recycling collections
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Find out in depth, what the implications are for waste management from the climate change bill. What are the opportunities and issues that need to be considered?
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An update on the better waste regulation action programme and key developments and issues.
Session 6D
Plastics and solving the problem(1)
Chris Dow, Closed Loop Recycling
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Get an overview of closed loop recycling of plastic in the UK, including:
Current collection of plastics, processing options, closed loop (bottle-to-bottle) recycling
Strategies for increasing and improving plastic recycling rates and Future developments - from bottles to mixed plastics
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Carbon still plagues many of us with unanswered questions and complexities. Find out how we can facilitate change through the power of individual action. An update on the 1010 campaign, who are the makers of the film "the age of stupid".
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The Glasgow recycles project is a multi partner project carried out in 2008, developed as a practical model of sustainable development which enabled Danone Waters to reach beyond its packaging obligations into the arena of producer responsibility, to this effect the project was designed to not only deal with Glasgow's away from home waste problems but to provide training and job opportunities for some of Glasgow's most disadvantaged residents.
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Technologies have been a hot topic for some time now, however we still find it hard to get our heads round the different options and best solutions. In this session you will get a pragmatic and unbiased view of different waste treatment technologies.
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An overview and discussion of the key issues and opportunities for the industry raised by this year's new legislation, including the Waste Framework Directive, the Environmental Liability Regulations, Planning Reform, the Climate Change (Scotland) Act and the Renewable Heat Incentive.
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What is a heat plan and what are they for? Some thoughts on the issues regarding Heat Plans, include application only to facilities treating waste, the practicalities of using heat highlights the real issues of maximising energy efficiencies i.e. delivering heat plans requires available heat users.
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Delivering zero waste will require both physical and systems infrastructure, including structures for delivering waste prevention and business resource efficiency. This workshop will outline WRAP Scotland's work and resource efficiency approach, including capital investment in organics, plastics and construction waste reprocessing, business support programmes and waste prevention and market development programmes.
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What can companies do with 'difficult wastes' that don't have established outlets? Nigel Holmes of NISP Scotland will give recent examples of 'wastes' that have brought back into beneficial use by working with specialist reprocessors in Scotland to recover materials that can be reused by other companies. Using the industrial symbiosis approach can give cost reductions as well as the environmental benefits that support progress 'Towards Zero Waste'.
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Explore the origins of polyester recycling and how the various processes have developed, the differentiation of those processes and how they are applied to the end usage and examples of the various "added value" markets. What are the technical challenges and current solutions as well as identifying the main drivers and opportunities with particular emphasis on the role in Scotland.
The SWRC Steering Group is a project partnership comprising
