Leo Donavan is the CEO of WEEE Ireland, Ireland’s leading compliance scheme organising the environmental management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and waste batteries. Leo has more than 30 years’ experience in the electronic recycling business in...
Elizabeth O’Reilly is Head of Environmental Compliance & Membership at WEEE Ireland and leads on Circular Economy and R&D for the Scheme. She has developed the Membership base of WEEE Ireland to nearly 1300 Producers since its start up in 2005. Her core...
Mark Brill joined TOMRA in September 2018 and has now seen DRS in action across a number of European markets. His background is in consumer goods with Jacob’s Biscuits and Wella Haircare. In 2004 Mark moved to Singapore to work on the Procter & Gamble retail...
Liam joined the Panda Group in January 2012 as Plant Manager of the largest Mixed Dry Recycling facility in Ireland. The facility employs 130 people and sorts domestic recyclables from 350,000 homes in Dublin. Prior to this, Liam spent 2 years as a Health and Safety...
Tony is the chair of Cré. Since 2006 has been a strategic advisor specialising in resource management, bio-based products and public affairs with Novamont, Europe’s largest manufacturer of bioplastics since 2006, previous to which he was Communications Manager at the...
Sharon Finegan was appointed in April 2021 as Director of the Office of Environmental Sustainability in the EPA. Prior to joining the EPA she was Head of the Climate Action Unit in the Department of the Taoiseach. Prior to this she was Secretary to the Citizens’...
Michael Van Brunt is currently VP Environmental and Sustainability at Covanta, where he is responsible for sustainability strategy and reporting and environmental compliance, permitting, and monitoring. Michael is a licensed professional engineer with over twenty...
Janet Lynch leads the Arup Ireland Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Team. She has over 20 years experience of resource efficiency in the built environment with Arup Dublin and London and Dublin City Council. She is currently assisting Transport Infrastructure...
Caoimhín works as an Inspector in the EPA’s Office of Environmental Enforcement, in the National Waste Enforcement Team. This particular enforcement team has a national remit in relation to waste regulation. He has over 20 years experience with the EPA in dealing...
Dr Shane Colgan manages the sustainability area within the EPA with responsibility for the National Waste Prevention Programme; Food Waste Prevention; and the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan. The circular economy is a major focus for his work – which is...
For Delegate Bookings, Group Discounts, Sponsorship or Exhibition Packages please contact the Conference Director. Adrian Hopkins, 01 2811111, 087 6811830 or info@wasteconference.ie
Testimonials
Testimonial 1
“The Irish Waste Management Conference 2017 was definitely one of the better conferences over the years”.
Gary Brady
Managing Director, Thornton’s Recycling
Testimonial 2
“Thank you for the link to the presentations from an excellent worthwhile conference which is much appreciated and for the advance notice for next year’s event”.
Margaret Coles
Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council
Testimonial 3
“I did enjoy the event and many thanks for the link. Excellent content and well run this year”.
Robert Edge
Senior Accounts Manager, Greenstar
Testimonial 4
“I heard the waste conference was a huge success this year from my colleague who attended as a delegate and therefore, we would like to book an exhibition package now for 2018”.
Susanne McCabe
International Sales & Marketing Manager, Open Sky Data
