Agenda

OPENING KEYNOTE WELCOME ADRESS

9:10

New Waste Policy Directions
Minister Phil Hogan T.D., Minister for Environment, Community & Local Government
9:15 Waste Policy – From Development to Implementation

  • Developing Government Waste Policy
  • Implementing new policies

Ronan Mulhall, Principal Officer in the Waste Policy Section of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
9:40 Recovering Ireland’s Position in Waste Management

  • A new Waste Policy – stability to the market at last?
  • What opportunities does this present and how do we harness these?
  • Future waste planning – what’s in store?
  • Self-sufficiency and proximity – what model do we want?
  • Segregated collection – where are we headed?

Larry O’Toole, Director, Waste & Energy, RPS Group
10:05 Future Waste Treatment Capacity – Opportunities and Threats

  • The opportunities are here today for integrated network of treatment facilities for Ireland.
  • Using recent experiences concerning capacity to ensure a sustainable approach

John Ahern, Managing Director Indaver Ireland & UK
10:30 Morning Coffee Break, Exhibition Viewing & Networking
11:00 Environmental challenges in the waste sector and the response of the Insurance Industry

  • Impact of recent legislation on clients-making it more onerous
  • Holding Management personally liable for damage-is that happening
  • What part the Insurance Industry can play in protecting the environment
  • What communications if any happen between Industry and the Insurance Industry on preventative measures and indeed on remedial issues

Zana Wright – Environmental Insurance Underwriter, Chartis Insurance Ltd
11:25 New Waste Policy – New Laws?

  • What new legislation may be coming down the tracks now that waste policy has been confirmed for the time being at least?
  • Updates on recent waste cases both Irish and European
  • Key legal issues associated with EPA regulation

Alison Fanagan, Joint Head of the Environmental & Planning Group at A&L Goodbody
11:50 Brown Bin Biological Treatment – Where are we?

  • the status of current brown bin biological treatment capacity
  • the challenges to development
  • where we need to be

Bernie Guinan, Director and Head of Waste and Resource Management , Fehily Timoney & Company
12:15 Developing markets for recycled materials: rx3 projects

  • Recent developments at EU level
  • Findings from rx3 initiatives, reports, projects
  • Opportunities for innovation and recycled product development

Conor McGovern, Organics Manager, rx3
12:40 Lunch Break, Exhibition Viewing & Networking

 

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER

2:00

Towards Zero Waste and a Circular Economy in Wales

  • The approach in Wales to delivering zero waste and a circular economy
  • The importance of waste prevention in meeting the Wales’ “one planet” resource use goal
  • The importance of high quality recyclate collection systems to support a circular economy
  • Progress so far

Dr Andy Rees, Head of Waste Strategy, Welsh Government
2:30 The Sustainability of Municipal Waste Exports from Ireland – the European Perspective

  • An assessment of current export opportunities in Europe.
  • The long term viability and its effects on the Irish and European market

Jackie Keaney, Vice President, CEWEP Ireland
2:55 Waste Exports

  • Waste Types
  • Quantity
  • Destinations

Vivienne Ahern, Executive Environmental Scientific Officer, National TFS Office
3:20 Afternoon Coffee Break, Exhibition Viewing & Networking
3:40 Contamination of Dry Recyclables

  • Current levels
  • Why so bad?
  • Consequences for Irish Exports of recycled material
  • What can be done about the problem?

John Dunne, Panda / Director, Irish Waste Management Association
4:00 Enforcement in the Waste Sector – is it making a difference?

  • Planned versus Reactive Enforcement
  • Working with others through NIECE – the Irish Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
  • Current and future priorities

Jim Moriarty, Manager, Environmental Enforcement (Waste), EPA

 

PANEL DISCUSSION

4:20 New Waste Direction Policy – Progress or Stagnation

  • John Connolly, Bord na Móna / Director, Irish Waste Management Association.
  • PJ Rudden, Director, RPS Group
  • Dr Andy Rees, Head of Waste Strategy, Welsh Government
  • Leo Donovan, CEO, WEEE Ireland
  • Peadar O’Suilleabhain, Head of Waste Management, Dublin City Council
Panel Discussion Chaired by Áine Lawlor
5:00 Conference Ends

 

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