Day 1

Ensuring a future for community recycling enterprises in Wales

Raising the game – why the sector must grow to survive
Erik Bichard, Professor of Regeneration and Sustainable Development, University of Salford

How does the community sector deliver a successful front line public service?
Christina Harrhy, Head of Technical Services and Performance, Torfaen County Borough Council (PDF 0.3 MB)

Case study: working with community recycling enterprises from a local authority perspective
Barrie Davies, Head of Environmental Services, Pembrokeshire County Council (PDF 0.4 MB)

Why we need social enterprises in our future
Jonathan Bland, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Coalition

Case studies: emerging models of social enterprise

∙ Colin Crooks, Chief Executive, Green-Works (PDF 0.3 MB)
∙ Mike Theodoulou, Chief Executive, Foothold Crochan
Mike's presentation is too large to download. Please contact Cylch for a copy.

 Day 2

The best value question: service, materials and money

Why good quality materials and Real Recycling are essential for the future of the UK reprocessing industry and local market development
∙ Michael Chesshire, Chief Executive, Greenfinch (PDF 1.7 MB)
∙ Chris White, Commercial Manager, Aylesford (PDF 1.5 MB)

Seeking efficiencies in waste management: recycling costs across Wales
Zoë Lenkiewicz, Senior Consultant, RPS Group Plc. (please contact Zoë directly on tel. 01454 284475, email: LenkiewiczZ@rpsgroup.com if you wish to receive a copy of her presentation.)

Successful kerbside recycling without breaking the bank
Paul Jones, Chief Executive, Wastesavers (PDF 2.5 MB)

The local authority perspective on financial and collection system issues, one size doesn’t necessarily fit all
Lee Marshall, Chair, Local Authority Advisory Committee (LARAC) (PDF 150 KB)

Tackling the carbon challenge sustainably

Retaining the principles of sustainable development whilst tackling the challenge of climate change     
Peter Davies, Vice Chair in Wales, Sustainable Development Commission (PDF 1.5 MB)

Building sustainable local economies in a carbon-restrained, energy lean world
Rob Hopkins, Chief Executive, Transition Network (PDF 3.3 MB)

Climate change in Wales, the Government’s plans
Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Welsh Assembly Government (Word document of the Minister's speech)

How does recycling help to combat climate change?
Rhiannon Jones, Waste Policy Officer, Environment Agency Wales (PDF 1 MB)

The household waste prevention action plan for Scotland: reducing emissions by preventing waste arisings
Alan Dundas, Senior Policy Officer in Waste Prevention, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) (PDF 1.6 MB)

SEPA's Waste Prevention Guide:  If you would like hard copies of the guide covered in this presentation please contact Kayle Martin at Cylch; tel. 029 2064 9750, email: kayle.martin@cylch.org.uk

Case study: organisations making a dramatic difference to their carbon footprint

∙ Getting our own house in order to drive down emissions
David Mundow, Energy Manager, Cardiff Council (PDF 150 KB)

Update on the Wales Waste Strategy review

The Wales Waste Strategy review: where it’s at
Jasper Roberts, Head of Waste Policy and Local Environmental Quality, Welsh Assembly Government (PDF 150 KB)

The Wales Waste Strategy review: where it’s going
Delegate and panel discussions to consider implications of the review and feed back to the Welsh Assembly Government.

Discussions to include:
~ the 70% recycling and composting target - what would that mean for you?
~ addressing the impacts of waste on climate change - how important is it?

Click here for the outcomes from this session. (PDF 35 KB)