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APSE national environmental services seminar 2009: Greening your service in challenging times - Stoke-on-Trent, 16 October 2009 |
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| Session 1: The new agenda |
| Making the most of packaging: a strategy for a low carbon economy - Judicaelle Hammond, Head of DEFRA Packaging Team |
| Towards zero waste - how is this achievable? - Dr Andy Rees, Head of Waste Strategy Branch, Welsh Assembly Government |
| Local environmental quality of streets and green spaces - Helen Beck, Research and Futures Advisor, CABE |
| New Low Carbon Transport strategy - Fiona Wilford, Department for Transport |
| Session 2: The recycling debate |
| Co-mingled versus source segregation - a debate with presentations from: Andy Moore, Campaign Coordinator, Campaign for Real Recycling and Ian Wakelin, Chief Executive, Greenstar |
| Workshop sessions: Case studies |
| Improving transport services - John Stevens, Transport Contract Manager, London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Parks and green space strategy - Fiona Mather, Green Space Strategy Manager, Knowsley MBC |
| Event clean-ups: How do they do it? - David Hodnett, Environment Manager and Steve McCoy, Street Cleansing Manager, Liverpool City Council |
| Session 3: Issues for service delivery |
| Safe reversing in refuse street collections - Bob Mason, Corporate Health and Safety Advisor, Kettering Borough Council |
| Bio waste management today - Jeremy Jacobs, Managing Director, Association of Organics Recycling |
| Tackling chewing gum and cigarette litter - Kirsty Martin, Senior Community Engagement Officer and Alison Ivatt, Senior Waste Enforcement Officer, Peterborough Council |
| Session 4: Area working and achieving excellence |
| Promoting Safer Communities in Partnership - Sharon Turnbull, Policy Officer and Gemma Fraser, Senior Community Analyst, Fife Council |
| Managing street care and achieving local benefits - Mark King, Director of Direct Services, South Gloucestershire Council |
| Session 5: Tackling the difficult issues |
| Food waste trials in Scotland - Prof Jim Baird, Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Green flag - the next 3 years - Paul Bramhill, Chief Executive, GreenSpace |
| Designing environmental services vehicles for efficient and effective use - Philip Clifford, Fleet & Technical Manager, St Edmundsbury Borough Council |
