Events and seminars

RWM08

September 16-18 2008

Birmingham NEC

18 September- Climate Change Seminar Theatre 10.20-10.50

Household water efficiency and climate change

How water efficiency links to the climate change agenda. What options are open to the householder and the barriers to taking these options up, and the challenges in monitoring and evaluating changes in household water usage. Cathy will draw on experiences from work being undertaken on behalf of the Environment Agency
Ms Cathy Riley, Resource Futures

18 September- Climate Change Seminar Theatre 14.20-14.50

Carbon accounting for municipal waste

Issues that need to be addressed and the characteristics required of a carbon accounting study. Limitations of assessments based on individual Local Authority collections. An unbiased critique of recent carbon accounting reports relating to Local Authority collection systems. The role of accounting for environmental benefits of local authority recycling systems within more general local authority KPIs for carbon accounting.
Dr Julian Parfitt, Research & Technical Director, Resource Futures

National Household Hazardous Waste Forum

Wednesday 22 October 2008

Oxford

The NHHWF autumn seminar "Business Waste: Have WEEE got it sorted?" will focus on small business household hazardous type waste. The event will take place on at the Central Research Laboratory, Oxford with the support of the BREW Centre for Local Authorities.

Speakers include the Federation of Small Businesses on how to educate SMEs regarding their obligations and a case study from Changeworks on collection of SME IT waste in Scotland. West Sussex will highlight how they have arranged to accept SME wastes at their local authority facilities and Defra will provide an update on the implementation of the Batteries Directive.

LARAC Conference 2008

November 12-13th 2008

Telford International Centre