Weigher to from Here?
November 28th, Carton House, Co. Kildare
Conference Agenda
9:20 Morning Session Chaired by Caroline Walsh, Chairperson, Irish Waste Management Association
9:30 Waste Policy Updates from the Department for 2018
Kevin O Donoghue, Principal, Waste Policy & Resource Efficiency, Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
9:50 Dublin Waste to Energy Facility….20 years in the making
Kieran Mullins, Business Manager, Covanta Dublin
10:10 Management of Nuisance at Waste Management Facilities
Carol O’Sullivan, Waste Enforcement Lead, Dublin Licence Enforcement Office EPA
10:30 Waste Management Plans and Performance in the UK
- Lessons that can be learnt from Scotland, Wales and England
- Driving Diversion Performance
- How best to reach the higher recycling targets that will come with the Circular Economy Package
Alban Forster, Infrastructure Sector Leader, Europe, SLR Consulting
11:00 Q & A Session open to the floor
11:10 Morning Coffee Break, Exhibition Viewing and Networking
11:40 Waste Enforcement – a Case Study
Alison Fanagan, Co-Head of Environmental & Planning, A&L Goodbody
12:00 Waste Enforcement Investigations
Sean Scott, Regional Coordinator, WERLA Ulster & Connaught
12:20 Potential Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the Waste Management Industry
- A whistle stop tour of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation
- Analysis of the key features impacting the processing of personal data in the waste management industry
- Useful tips on how to approach compliance to the regulation before the May 2018 deadline
Valerie Lyons, Chief Operations Officer, BH Consulting
12:50 PANEL DISCUSSION 1: Transparency and Availability of Data in the Waste Sector: issues for Companies, Regulators, Consumers and Competitors
- Alison Fanagan, Co-Head of Environmental & Planning, A&L Goodbody
- Conor Walsh, Secretary, Irish Waste Management Association
- Valerie Lyons, Chief Operations Officer, BH Consulting
- Stephen Treacy, Senior Manager, EPA
1:20 Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and Networking (Sponsored by A&L Goodbody)
2:25 Afternoon Session Chaired by Billy Dolan, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
2:30 Minister Denis Naughten T.D, Minister, Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
2.50 Future Proofing our Packaging Recycling Needs
- Our population is due to grow by one million by 2040
- What is needed to manage the waste that will be generated?
- How are we going to meet the EU recycling targets of packaging?
- A major challenge that needs planning today
Seamus Clancy, CEO, Repak
3.10 Chinese Take Away. What’s on the menu now?
- The historical markets for all the recycled material that is produced in Ireland
- The new higher quality targets that have been implemented over the past 5 years ( green fence ) and the ones suggested for the future
- The recycling targets that we will have to try and achieve
- The opportunities that we will have to look at process further in Ireland
- Mixed rigid plastics and now LDPE films, bottles and PET bottles
- The problems associated with setting up new processing , including changing markets, energy and labour cost and regulatory constraints
Des Crinion, Managing Director, Irish Packaging Recycling, the commodities trading arm of the Panda Group
3:30 Dealing with Soil and Stone Waste since the building upturn – Hubert Fitzpatrick, Director Development Housing and Planning Services, Construction Industry Federation
3:50 PANEL DISCUSSION 2: Recycling in Ireland – How do we drive the market forward and also increase Recycling Rates?
- Seamus Clancy – CEO, Repak
- Des Crinion, Managing Director of Irish Packaging Recycling Ltd
- Alban Forester, Infrastructure Sector Leader, Europe, SLR Consulting
- Leo Donovan, CEO, WEEE Ireland
- Claire Downey, CEO, Community Recycling Network Ireland (CRNI)
- Hugh Coughlan, Regional Co-Ordinator, Eastern-Midlands Regional Waste Office
- Professor David C Wilson, President, CIWM
4:15 Conference Ends
