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...
Brian, who has sixteen years experience in the waste industry, joined Clean Ireland Recycling in 2008. As General Manager, Brian is also an integral part of the research and development team for the implementation of new technologies. Brian, a qualified engineer, with...
Kevin Swift, Regional Waste Coordinator – Connacht Ulster Waste Region Kevin Swift is a Civil Engineer and has worked in the private sector and local government for over twenty five years. Following a five year period in consultancy he worked for Donegal County...
Trevor is the Assistant Director of Waste Resources for the Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service a strategic partnership between Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. Prior to this, he was Head of Recycling, Waste and Fleet Services at...
Stuart Foster is Chief Executive Officer at RECOUP, a cross sector membership based UK charity who have been leading, delivering and informing sustainable plastic resource use and recycling in the UK since 1990. He is also a director of EPRO, the European Association...
Richard Bruton TD was appointed Minister of Communications, Climate Action & Environment on 16 October 2018 having previously served as Minister of Education and Skills in the current Government. Richard was Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1994 to 1997...
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
