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APSE national environmental services seminar 2010: Cleaner, greener, leaner -
Sustaining value for money in front line
services - Stoke-on-Trent, 13-14 October 2010 |
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| Day 1 delegate registration and exhibition opening |
| Session 1: Where to now? |
| The national waste strategy - Diana Linskey - Deputy Director, Waste Strategy – DEFRA |
| Sustainable vehicles: gaining funding and assessing suitability - Michael Hurwitz, Director of the Office for Low Emission Vehicles, Department for Transport |
| Creating a ‘Green DSO’ - Mark Bramah, Assistant Chief Executive, APSE |
| Session 2: Transforming service delivery |
| Bulky Matters! - Mark Davies, Head of Environmental Services, Lancaster City Council and Alison Page, Furniture Matters |
| Waste not, want not - David Parton, Head of Direct Services, Gedling BC |
| Workshop sessions: Case studies |
| Improving efficiency and productivity in workforce patterns and fleet management - Peter Johnson, Wakefield Metropolitan District Council |
| Managing health and safety in the current climate - David Shorrock, HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety, Health and Safety Executive |
| Session 3: Exploring new opportunities |
| Rewards for recycling – what are the issues? - Jimmy Unsworth, Waste Management Manager, Halton BC |
| Using your charging and trading powers to generate income - Judith Barnes, Partner, Eversheds LLP |
| Maximising cost effectiveness in waste management services - Steve Parker, Head of Environmental Services, Denbighshire County Council |
| Day 2: Street cleansing and parks |
| Session 1: What’s on the horizon? |
| Comprehensive Spending Review 2010 - Paul O’Brien, Chief Executive, APSE |
| What’s facing the greenspace sector? - Kirsty Rhind, Manager, GreenSpace North West |
| Session 2: Innovation in service delivery |
| A combined approach to environmental services - Steve Brown, Head of Environmental Maintenance, Shropshire Council |
| Going Dutch! Reducing costs through recycling street sweeping arisings - Mark Dempsey, Contract Manager, Calderdale MBC |
| Workshop sessions: case studies |
| Using your enforcement powers effectively: a local authority and a legal perspective - Stephen Coulman, Environmental Health Manager (Communities), North Lincolnshire Council and Peter Atkinson, Consultant, Walker Morris Solicitors |
| Session 3: The importance of green |
| Making the case for parks - Ian Cochrane, Acting Town Manager, Tameside MBC |
| Generating new revenue streams from renewable energy and environmental management - Jonathon Hartley, Head of Energy, Gifford Consultancy |
