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MEMBERSHIP ROLL OF HONOUR
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.
Ballymun Regeneration, from Dublin in Ireland has joined RRF in September, and is extremely welcome. Ballymun Regeneration Ltd (BRL) is a Dublin City Council company, set up to plan and implement a regeneration programme.
Renew Tees Valley joined RRF early in September
In September Little Green Earthlets Ltd - environmentally friendly baby products suppliers - joined RRF .
As August flowed damply into September we greeted Changeworks, a Scottish NGO, into RRF membership.
While some countries took a day's holiday in August, the University of Dundee's Concrete Technology Unit joined the Forum.
And then, just when it was getting quiet in Mid-august, the Forum was delighted to greet new member Recycling Operators of New Zealand (RONZ) - an organisation that represents recycling service providers, operators and educators in the recovered materials and recycling industry.
While everyone else was off on their summer holidays, Ban Waste - a voluntary organisation that aims to promote Zero Waste policy and practice in North-East England - has joined the Forum.
London Borough of Southwark are welcomed in to membership early in August.
August arrives, as we welcome Community Recycling Network Scotland (CRNS) into membership.
Logistics business DHL's Packaging Datastore Limited joined RRF at the end of July.
Neil Carrigan Associates joined the Forum in July.
Into July and the Forum welcomes Ontario, Canada-based NGO Citizens’ Network on Waste Management into membership.
Brussels-based EMS Consulting joined the Resource Recovery, as Switzerland and Ukraine battled in the World Cup.
At the very end of June Walter Brinkmann European Public Affairs consultancy joined the Forum.
Sauce Consultancy, a new company, became a member of RRF during June.
A day or so later the Forum's membership was swelled by the timely arrival of Land Use Consultants.
By the longest day of the year, BeEnvironmental had joined RRF, as had Limerick County Council.
In June, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council was welcomed into RRF membership.
Also as May draws to an end Eunomia and Beyond Waste both joined RRF.
At the end of May, Integrated Resource Management (IRM) joined RRF.
In May, RRF welcomed into membership the international cartons business Tetra Pak, based in Lund, Sweden, and also the Irish local authority South Tipperary County Council.
At the end of April, Veolia Environmental Services in France joined the Forum, as did Forbury Environmental Ltd (a waste management consultancy established by Clarkslegal).
Also in April, packaging and WEEE consultants Perchards have joined RRF, as has the Resource Effciency Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN).
In April, along with spring, we welcome the Norwegian recyclables sorting company TiTech.
In March, RRF welcomed into membership the Salvation Army Trading Company.
Early in 2006 REPIC - Recycling Electrical Producer’s Industry Consortium joined the Forum.
Consultancy Resourceful Solutions have joined the RRF at the beginning of 2006.
In November new members included ReMaDe Kent and Medway, and Arun District Council
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EVENTS ORGANISED OR ENDORSED OR FEATURING RRF.
California Biomass Collaborative 4th Annual Forum March 27-29 2007 Sacramento, California, USA
The California Biomass Collaborative will be hosting its 4th Annual Biomass Forum on March 27 - 28, 2007 in Sacramento, California. This year's theme is on advanced technologies for biomass and waste conversion and is co-sponsored by the California Energy Commission and the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
RRF's Kit Strange speaking on policy drivers in Europe.
Tours of local biomass facilities will be conducted on Thursday, March 29.
Register for the forum online.
Preliminary Roadmap for Biomass Development in California Now Available for Review
Roadmap PDF
Roadmap DOC
California Biomass Collaborative
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
University of California
1 Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-5924
Phone: 530-752-1421
Fax: 530-752-2640
Email: biomass@ucdavis.edu
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Identiplast 2007
April 23-24, 2007
Brussels, Belgium
RRF's Kit Strange session chair
Name: HananaTaidi
Fax 32-2-675-3935
E-mail hanane.taidi@plasticseurope.org
Web site http://www.plasticseurope.org
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R'07 World Congress
Recovery of Materials and Energy for Resource Efficiency
Davos, Congress Center, Switzerland
September 3 to 5, 2007
The R’07 World Congress is the 8th event in the bi-annual R’ World Congress series, which started in 1993. Contributions from emerging economies, which have been very inspiring in the past conferences, are most important in today’s globalized world.
Congress topics include, but are not limited to:
- Technology Development
- Closed-loop Economy
- Political, Legal and Social Frameworks
The R’07 World Congress addresses experts from science and engineering, from supply and recycling industries, from public authorities and international organi-zations in order to stimulate closer cooperation of the various disciplines and stakeholders across the materials life cycle. It aims to improve material and energy efficiencies in industry, including energy supply, cement and building materials, metallurgical, chemical, glass, pulp and paper, machinery, the automobile and electronic industries as well as activities of collection, sorting, further treatment and final disposal of post-consumer material. Issues of environmental protection will be addressed where they are related to improving materials and energy efficiency and minimizing disposal, including the integration of renewable energy and biomass into the production chain.
RRF's Kit Strange providing keynote paper.
R'07 World Congress Secretariat
Maria Schönenberger
Empa, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5
CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 71 274 74 00
Telefax: +41 71 274 71 61
maria.schoenenberger@empa.ch
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Alternative waste treatment technologies Sustainable planning for the future of waste management
April 26, 2007
London, UK
If the UK is to successfully reduce the quantity of waste diverted to landfi ll, our local authorities need to invest in new treatment technologies. Prioritising planning for these is key to meeting Defra’s biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) targets in 2010, 2013 and 2020.
To register –
Tel: 0845 056 2443
Fax: 020 7505 6001 Email:
MRWconferences@emap.com
Online: www.alternative-waste.co.uk |
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RECYCLING INCENTIVES - THE POWERS OF PERSUASION: international conference on changing household behaviour in selective collection
RRF Conference: September 7, 2006 - London
This conference was arranged by RRF in association with M·E·L Research and the University of Brighton's Waste & Environment Research Group (WERG).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR ALL PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT THIS CONFERENCE
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR A PDF COPY OF THE REPORT "Sussex Household Recycling Incentives Trials" PREPARED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON.
ON AUGUST 8, DEFRA LAUNCHED A REPORT BY AEA TECHNOLOGY LOOKING AT THESE PILOTS - COLLECT THE WHOLE STUDY (1.7 MB, WITH APPENDICES) FROM HERE. |
ON JULY 19, 2006, THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY'S TERRY COLEMAN GAVE A PRESENTATION TO RRF MEMBERS ON WRATE - THE NEW LCA DECISION-AIDING TOOL. A COPY OF HIS PRESENTATION (0.7MB) IS AVAILABLE HERE.
WRATE (Waste and Resources Assessment Tool for the Environment) is a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software tool for comparing different management systems of Municipal Solid Waste. WRATE is designed for waste managers. It produces results for waste decision-makers and stakeholders, concerning the potential environmental impacts of alternative technologies in integrated waste management systems.
VISIT THE AGENCY'S WRATE WEBSPACE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION |
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR AN UPDATED LISTING OF WORLDWIDE CONFERENCES WE THINK ARE WORTH A VISIT. EMAIL US WITH NEWS OF YOUR EVENTS. |
ON OCTOBER 17, 2006 JULIE HILL & HANNAH HISLOP FROM THE GREEN ALLIANCE GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE RESOURCE RECOVERY FORUM ON THEIR RECENT ZERO WASTE SURVEY. YOU CAN COLLECT A PDF COPY (0.7 MB) OF THE PRESENTATION FROM HERE. THE GREEN ALLIANCE'S WRITTEN PAPER An International Survey of Zero Waste Initiatives (0.1 MB) IS AVAILABLE FROM HERE.
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RRF event:
Can we change a rubbish habit?
Winchester, Hampshire, UK
June 29, 2006
RRF collaborated with Project Integra and the Open University to hold an international conference on changing behaviour - the social context of household waste management.
Follow this link for more information, including a programme and associated papers.
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RRF event:
Resource Recovery Parks - where next?
Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
July 5, 2006
RRF worked with Eden Project and Urban Mines to explore prospects for Resource Recovery Parks (Eco-parks). Barriers, opportunities, case studies and more. The conference was supported by the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP).
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Follow this link for more information, including a programme and associated papers.
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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.
RRF event:
Nappies: reusable vs disposable
London, UK
July 4, 2005
Following the Life Cycle Assessment study on nappy systems published by the Environment Agency for England & Wales, RRF held an international conference to look at the issues to be addressed in deciding between nappy systems. The authors of the study (consultants ERM) talked about the LCA process and their conclusions. There were also representatives of the Environment Agency, Defra, WRAP. the disposables sector, the Womens' Environmental Network, disposable nappy recyclers, Nappy Alliance, waste management companies and local authorities. |
RRF Director Kit Strange gave a presentation - Key developments in European Municipal solid waste management - policy & practice - in Glasgow at the Eventful Scotland conference on October 3-4, 2006. Follow these links to download a copy of the presentation (PDF, 1.2 MB) and the supporting written paper (Word, 0.9 MB).
Copies of the Stern Report launched on October 30, 2006 are available from www.sternreview.org.uk, but we have stitched together the separate chapter files into a single 4 MB file which you can collect from here.
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