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RECENT NEW MEMBERS
In February, new arrivals included:
- Novamont
- Edge (UK)
- Amey Infrastructure
- Nakheel Asset Management (UAE)
Early in 2008 new members of the Forum include:
- The European Commission Environment Directorate
- King's College London
- Ptarmigan PR
- Flinders Bioremediation (Aus)
- UK Government's Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly DTI)
As 2007 and drew to its inevitable close, we hailed the arrival of new members:
- Luton Borough Council
- Waste Management and Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS)
- GreenIT
- Link2Energy
- John Lea Associates
Also, RRF was joined by:
- Flemish Waste Agency OVAM
- Cawleys Waste Management
Early in October the excellent
University of Manchester School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science joined the RRF.
The Forum has also just welcomed in:
- CCR Logistics Systems AG - a full service provider in the field of logistics networking, consulting and software solutions.
- Sustainable-Bio Limited - their Biotel process offers a cost competitive, environmentally preferable method of managing discarded food waste
- Worldwide Waste Limited
Both these fine organisations joined in September.
Recent new recruits to the swelling ranks of RRF membership include the University of Plymouth.
The Swedish University of Boras has also become a member of the Forum.
In September a group of excellent organisations joined the Forum:
- Università di Bologna - Polo Scientifico Didattico di Rimini (Italy)
- Research Institute of Building Materials, Brno (Czech Republic)
- University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka)
- Center for Pollution Control and Energy Technology, Pondicherry University (India)
- Energy Answers International (Ireland)
As August 2007 drew to an end Ipsos-Mori joined the Forum, as did World Wide Waste Limited, a group linked to Imperial College London.
During the summer the most recent new members for the Forum are:
- GreenMech Ltd in Warwickshire, dedicated to the development, manufacture and marketing of Wood Chippers and Green Waste Shredders.
- Lochaber Environmental Group in Fort William, Scotland. LEG is a commnicty composting project.
- Palmerston North City Council, New Zealand An innovative local authority at the south end of the north island.
- Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Massey University's Zero Waste Academy is at the leading edge of this discipline.
- Zero Waste South Australia (ZWSA) in Adelaide, Australia - the South Australian government established this to enable State and Local Government to work together for waste avoidance and reduction, waste reuse and recycling and waste disposal.
- KESAB environmental solutions in Adelaide, Australia - works to inspire the South Australian Community to restore, preserve and improve the total environment through active participation in dynamic programmes.
- Eco Waste Pty in Randwick, Australia Eco Waste is an innovative environmental ideas and project company in New South Wales.
During February 2007, the Forum welcomed into RRF membership:
We also welcome in to the RRF, the Open University's Integrated Waste Systems department and the newly established Elaine Kerrell Environmental Consultancy.
The first two new members of the Forum for 2007 are Birmingham City Council (with a smart new 20-year waste strategy) and Covanta Energy Limited - the largest provider of energy from waste in the world. A hearty welcome to them both.
At the end of October the Scottish Executive - Waste Strategy Team joined RRF.
Mid-October and the Scottish Recycling Institute have joined the Forum.
A good week for the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) - deputy CEO Chris Murphy appeared on BBC's Rogue Traders, and CIWM joined RRF.
RRF was pleased to wecome Global Renewables UK into membership at the beginning of October.
The Green Alliance has joined the Forum at the end of September.
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Welcome to the online home of the Resource Recovery Forum
The Resource Recovery Forum is an international non-profit network of
more than 330 organisations interested in sustainable waste management
- making better use of waste that is produced. The Forum's aims
are simple.
RRF was established in 1997 and its membership is drawn from: industry; local & national government; international institutions; academia; voluntary sector; waste management businesses; NGOs, and; consultants. RRF has member organisations from Canada and the USA across many European countries to Australasia. From Aberdeenshire Council and AEA Technology to Yale University and Yorkshire Forward they are listed here (with direct web-links).
RRF benefits from the members' Advisory Committee, a group of 30 volunteers who are elected annually from the membership. To see the list of 2008 Advisory Committee members, follow this link.
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NEW RRF CONFERENCE - APRIL 21, LONDON - SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT - presentations available.
A £1.5 million suite of extensive research projects undertaken by a consortium of universities was funded by EPSRC. This conference, coordinated by RRF, brought you the latest results.
Download the programme (PDF, 1.5 MB) from here.
Download the presentations from here.
The presentations are now freely available from the SUE Waste Consortium's website at
http://www.suewaste.soton.ac.uk/events.htm.
Symposium: Strategies & Technologies for Sustainable Urban Waste Management
April 21, 2008
- Professor William Powrie, University of Southampton - Chairman's introduction (0.5 MB)
- Nick Blakey, Defra - Keynote speech (0.5 MB)
- Angela Druckman, University of Surrey - Accounting for resource flows and waste (0.6 MB)
- Charles Banks, University of Southampton - A commercial and industrial waste audit (1.1 MB)
- Paul Eades, University of Southampton Best environmental options for biowastes
- Marty Climenhaga, University of Southampton Anaerobic digestion of food waste
- Ian Williams, University of Southampton Composting
- Vida Sharifi, University of Sheffield - Thermal treatment technologies (6 MB)
- Paola Lettieri, University College London - Techno-economic assessment of thermal treatment technologies (0.3 MB)
- Arturo Castillo, Imperial College London - Integrated scenario modelling (0.3 MB)
- Tom Cherrett, University of Southampton - Transport implications (2 MB)
- Ian Williams, University of Southampton - Waste benefit and management schemes (9.5 MB)
- Paul Eades, University of Southampton - Energy footprint modelling of MSW (0.6 MB)
- Catherine Alexander (presented by Josh Reno), Goldsmiths College - Social constraints in managing wastes and resources (0.6 MB)
- Keith Riley, Veolia Environmental Services - Integrating systems (2.4MB)
All the above can be collected from:
http://www.suewaste.soton.ac.uk/events.htm |
| Bob Lisney and Keith Riley addressing the SUE Waste Consortium conference on April 21. |
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Waste management & climate change
ERM’s Natalie Maletras and Karen Fisher attended the meeting of the RRF Advisory Committee on April 10, and gave a presentation on waste management and climate change. |
Here you can collect a copy of:
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Conference: Maximising participation in food waste collection systems:
March 27, 2008
During 2007 an important study was led by consultants Brook Lyndhurst with Waste Watch, and commissioned by the Waste and Resources Evidence Programme of the UK Government's environment Department, Defra. The study is now complete and the Resource Recovery Forum is arranging to disseminate the results.
The main aim of the project is to provide actionable research to help:
- waste authorities and contractors to design services and communications campaigns for maximum impact on public participation in food waste collections
- strategic agencies and policy makers to inform their own communications campaigns and funding programmes
- policy-makers and the waste industry to understand barriers to the development of treatment infrastructure which could arise from what the public is willing to do
- The project addressed:
- householder motivations and barriers to using food waste collections
- effects of scheme design on participation
Download the programme (with payment details) from here (0.3 MB) .If you attended and need to pay, you can do so online here.
Enzo Favoino (Monza, ISWA and ECN), Julian Parfitt (ECT) and Linda Crichton (WRAP) under the watchful eyes of chairman Professor David Wilson.
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The most recent major RRF conference FOOD, CONSUMERS & RESOURCE EFFICIENCY (London - November 6-7, 2007) was sponsored by the following excellent organisations:
- WRAP
- Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network
- Food Processing Faraday
The event took place in London at BERR Conference Centre (BERR is the Government agency formerlyl known as DTI) on November 6 - 7, 2007 in London.
To download a copy of the brochure and programme, follow this link.
More information is available on materials presented at the conference by following this link. |
RRF operates a great news service, delivered daily (up to 1,000 items pa, no ads, no attachments, just useful and topical information on policy & practice from around the world) or as weekly digests. A single member organisation can add unlimited numbers of employees to this fine facility. Also, the items are archived online and are fully searchable - see this link to try it out.
Please consider joining the RRF, and becoming an active part of the world-wide
community with this shared interest. If you would like more information
on joining the Resource Recovery Forum, then follow this
link. If you would like to join the Forum directly , then here
is the application form.
  
The RRF is impartial, unbiased and independent. Members of the RRF also
receive a free subscription to Warmer
Bulletin, the acclaimed international journal on sustainable waste
management & resource recovery.
FOLLOW THIS LINK TO SEE MUCH MORE....
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