Waste Prevention Conference

RRF conference: Household waste prevention – aiming high

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The Resource Recovery Forum held a conference on November 30 in London on household waste prevention, driven by new EU legislation and a wealth of new studies from the UK Government and beyond. With the involvement of Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government, WRAP and other key agencies, this event offered a valuable guide to the complex world of waste prevention.

• Free book for all delegates

The event, sponsored by Sita (UK) was also  the occasion for the UK launch of a new book published by the European Association of Cities and regions for Recycling (ACR+) Municipal waste management in Europe.

The speakers (and their linked presentations where available) were:

• Caroline Jackson - the EU waste framework directive
  
• Jean-Pierre Hannequart, IBGE & ACR+ - European priorities for waste prevention (0.6 MB)
  
• Mathieu Hestin, BIO Intelligence - EC waste prevention guidelines (0.4 MB)
• Roy Hathaway, Defra - English waste prevention in waste management (0.2 MB)
• Emily FInney, Welsh Assembly Government - Wales' single planet living and waste prevention (1.2 MB)
• David Wilson, Defra - the household waste prevention evidence review (0.2 MB)
• Jayne Cox, Brook Lyndhurst - conclusions from household waste prevention evidence review (0.7 MB)
• David Palmer-Jones, SITA UK - book launch
  
• Jean-Pierre Hannequart, IBGE & ACR+ - book launch (0.2 MB)
• Paul White, The Social Marketing Practice - going forward on waste prevention (0.5 MB)
• Kit Strange, RRF - international examples of household waste prevention (0.5 MB)
• Jean-Jacques Dohogne, ACR+ - European Week for Waste Reduction and ACR+ WP benchmarking study (0.6 MB)
• Helen Bird, BREW Centre for local authorities - Zero Waste Places (0.6 MB)
• Marten Gregory, Dorset County Council - experiences in household waste prevention (0.3 MB)
• Rachel Gray, WRAP - using the household waste prevention toolkit (0.2 MB)