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MEMBERSHIP ROLL OF HONOUR
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.
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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Welcome to the online home of the Resource Recovery Forum
The Resource Recovery Forum is an international non-profit network of
more than 320 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 fr om: 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). Existing members can collect copies of meetings papers (agendas, minutes, supporting material etc). |
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The Forum organises conferences and meetings, and both endorses and speaks at third party events.
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.
RRF Conference - ALTERNATE WEEKLY COLLECTION (AWC)
July 7, 2008
London
New research by Ipsos Mori and case study experiences illuminate this controversial policy area
Increasingly councils are considering the possibility of collecting residual household waste every two weeks. As recycling rates are pushed higher, with separate collection systems being rolled out for recyclables, the volume of residual waste declines. Where local authorities introduce collection of food and garden waste, the nature and arisings of the remaining garbage become ever more suited to less frequent collection.
Some waste collection authorities have found AWC systems work well, are acceptable to residents and offer economic and environmental benefits. Elsewhere, there is vigorous opposition to what is portrayed in the media as an invidious, penny-pinching reduction in services. Residents become hostile, some are prepared to pay £200 pa to private sector entrepreneurs for restoration of the missing week's collection.
This one day event by the Resource Recovery Forum and Ipsos Mori takes a detailed look at the differing attitudes towards the fortnightly collection of residual waste, including:
- What makes AWC work well
- What residents really believe about necessary service provision
- How opposition to AWC can be assuaged
- How a local authority can implement effective, workable AWC schemes
The event will hear from experts in the field, with case studies from local authorities where AWC systems are alive and well. There will be opportunities to discuss all relevant issues, meet with policy-makers, practitioners and advisers to discuss the merits and potential pitfalls of going down the path of fortnightly waste collection.
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CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS
Follow these links to:
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download a programme (not yet available)
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email RRF requesting further information
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book a place at the conference
Hear from experts in policy and practice, including:
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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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RRF 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.
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.
NEW RRF REPORT
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The Resource Recovery Forum has published full and summary reports from a project entitled Simulation of Recovered Paper Markets for Sustainable Resource Management.
The project, carried out by the The Newspaper Industry Environmental Technology Initiative at the University of Paisley, developed a computer simulation of the recovered paper market to simulate and predict possible future market scenarios. Its main objective to planning and decision-making for more sustainable resource flow management. The outputs from this project include this summary report, a full report and a software application. The report Understanding Waste Paper Markets was written by Peter Tucker and Pat Douglas, University of Paisley and the project was funded by Biffaward, a multi-million pound environment fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT), which utilises landfill tax credits donated by Biffa Waste Services. The research focused on two issues:
- how and why has the market changed as it has?
- how may it evolve in the future?
Simulated Futures
The simulation model was applied to make a number of ‘What-if ’ predictions of how market prices might evolve in the near future (2006 to 2010). The simulation predicted that:
- UK end-user needs will continue to be met almost completely from domestic supplies (80-90 per cent through long-term contracts)
- the merchant sector should see a steady growth, with exports rising from 40,000 - 60,000 tonnes/ month from 2006 - 2010
- average mill delivered prices should remain fairly constant in the short term then ease downwards, though prices will still oscillate
- most merchants will increase trade over the longer term, roughly in line with the sector average, though short term trade will be more volatile
- local authority revenues from waste paper sales may fall marginally in the short term other end users may be able to secure supplies at a slight discount to [newsprint] mill delivered prices but that differential will erode if mill delivered prices relax.
Further simulations were then run to explore a number of what-if scenarios. Basically, the results depend on the relative changes made in supply to demand. The global market will dictate the broad path to be followed by the UK market, with the domestic supplydemand balance determining the absolute price differential between the global and UK markets.
As well as predicting market prices, the simulation has also predicted a number of emergent behaviours. Many of those behaviours are witnessed in reality: transactions become geographically polarised with a North West – South East divide a hierarchy of merchants develops - some merchant businesses thrive and expand, while others contract (the sector ends up with a relatively small number of large companies alongside many small ones) some merchants end up dealing exclusively with commercial sector trade a strong merchant-to-merchant trade develops with smaller companies feeding larger ones.
You can download the summary version of the report (1 MB) from here.
You can download the full version of the report (2 MB) from here.
If you would like to obtain a copy of the simulation model, you need to email Peter Tucker at the University of Paisley
Paisley PA1 2BE Scotland
Tel +44 (0)141 848 3205
Fax +44 (0)141 848 3229
Int: http://www.newspaper.paisley.ac.uk
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UK - RRF conference on waste and sustainable transport
PAYLOADS OR PAY LESS? - Sustainable Transport for the Recovery Economy
February 7, 2007, Winchester, UK
RRF collaborated with Project Integra and the University of Southampton to arrange a conference on waste transport. As the UK moves toward a recovery economy, flows of material previously regarded as "waste"; will become more complex and present new challenges. This conference explored the application of fleet logistics for the resource recovery industry. The programme will cover best practice examples from local authority and commercial operators and showcase the tools available to optimise efficiency.
Topics included efficient routing and round design for collections systems, cross boundary working, reverse logistics, transfer fleets and opportunities to identify optimal sites for locating hubs such as transfer stations or resource parks.
Speakers included:
- Peter Jones (Biffa)
- Peter Binham (Faber Maunsell)
- James Bennett (Hippo Waste)
- Mike Bernon (Cranfield University)
- Tom Cherrett (University of Southampton)
- Jason Dodd (SLR Consulting)
- Geoff Sampson (Entec)
- Patrick Scott (White Young Green Environmental)
DOWNLOAD A PROGRAMME FROM HERE.
COLLECT A PDF VERSION OF THE SPEAKERS' PRESENTATIONS FROM HERE.
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RRF WEBSITE ATTRACTS THOUSANDS
In August 2006, this website received more than 44,000 hits. This is a hundred-fold increase in less than three years. The RRF website offers news, information and helpful insights. Since late 2005, at least 20,000 visits per month has been the level of normal activity. So thank you for your custom, please drop by any time.
Waste management in Flanders - a sustained success story
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On December 11, 2006 Christof Delatter and Paul Macken visited RRF and spoke to the Forum's Advisory Committee. Christof Delatter is from Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG) , and he is responsible for intermunicipal cooperation, public-private partnerships and co-ordinates the waste policy team. Paul Macken is Director of waste management, IOK and is currently Vice-President of Interafval (the association of Flemish inter-municipal waste management organisations). Flanders (6 million people) is a region of Belgium which excels at waste management policy and practice:
- >70% recycling and composting
- no landfill for household waste
- some civic amenity sites take 25 different types of recyclables
- 98% of local authorities operate pay-as-you-throw
- many local authorities give out free chickens as household kitchen waste processing units!
- Flanders uses a comprehensive blend of legal, economic and social instruments to secure high levels of participation and performance in local recycling schemes
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DOWNLOAD THE SHOW
You can download Christof Delatter's PowerPoint presentation (1.5 MB) on waste management in Flanders from here. Alternatively, the smaller PDF version (0.9 MB) is available from here. |
RECYCLING INCENTIVES - THE POWERS OF PERSUASION: international conference on changing household behaviour in selective collection
RRF Conference: September 7 - 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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