PPC GUIDANCE FOR WASTE TREATMENT AND STORAGE
The Environment Agency has issued sector guidance for waste treatment and storage facilities that will require a PPC licence to operate. The guidance is aimed to assist in the production of applications for permits.
See www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/sector_guidance_note_968872.pdf
The CIWM will be holding a seminar looking at the implications of PPC for the waste treatment and storage sector and the guidance on producing permit applications. More information will be included in next week’s edition of the newsletter or contact events@ciwm.co.uk to receive further information as it becomes available.
CONSULTANCY SUPPORT FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Defra has renewed the offer to provide specialist consultancy support for Local Authorities in England to help in achieving recycling and composting targets and reduce the amounts of waste sent to landfill. Guidance on the type of projects that will be considered, along with the levels of funding for support is detailed at the following
See http://lasupport.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=ViewArticle&ArticleID=159
WEEE AND TRANSFRONTIER SHIPMENT WORKSHOPS
The Environment Agency is to hold 4 free to attend workshops in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff for Local Authorities and the private sector. The workshops aim to explain the rules on export, handling, recovery, recycling and disposing of electrical and electronic equipment. See www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/970527
FUNDING TO COMBAT SCOTTISH FLY-TIPPING
The Scottish Executive has announced over £1 million is to go towards initiatives to combat fly-tipping. This will fund the work of the Scottish fly-tipping forum and to fund a further year of the local environmental audit and management system (LEAMS), a system to measure Local Authority performance in street cleansing.
See www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/02/07165037
SEPA has also added a new section to their web site on fly-tipping issues.
See www.sepa.org.uk/flytipping/index.htm
PLANNING CONSULTATION BRAINSTORMING SESSION
The CIWM will be holding a session to allow members to input into the CIWM’s consultation response on the revised Planning Policy Statement 10 on waste planning. The discussions will be held on the morning of the 28th February at CIWM HQ.
The consultation paper can be found at the following address. www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/
contentservertemplate/odpm_index.hcst?n=5609&l=2
Members wishing to attend should contact tracy.moffatt@ciwm.co.uk for further details.
TIMING OF PACKAGING WASTE REPROCESSOR/EXPORTER ACCREDITATION
Defra has issued Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (as amended): consultation on timing of applications for accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter in 2005. The 3 week consultation proposes to remove the 30th September deadline for applications for a reprocessor or exporter.
See www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/proregs-accreditation/consultdoc.pdf
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY PORTAL
The European Environment Agency had launched a new web portal to provide easy access to information on a range of environmental technologies.
See http://org.eea.eu.int/news/Ann1107509840
CALL FOR PAPERS: ISWA 2005 CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION
6-10TH NOVEMBER 2005 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
ISWA invites you to submit an abstract for review by the Scientific Committee
See: http://www.iswa2005.ars.org.ar/inicio2_e.htm
CIWM CENTRE MEETINGS
BLUEPRINT FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT 2005 - CIWM NORTHERN IRELAND CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
The above event will be held on 6th& 7th April at The City Hotel, Armagh. As well as a two day conference programme the event will include Northern Ireland’s largest display of waste management services and equipment. For more information on how to register for the conference or to book exhibition space (internal and external) contact Raymond Martin, CIWM Regional Development Officer raymond.martin@ciwm.co.uk
LONDON & SC CENTRE OPEN MEETING - HEALTH AND SAFETY IN WASTES MANAGEMENT
The above meeting will be held on Friday 18th February 2005 at the London Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, Holloway Road, London. For further details contact richard.bradbury@camden.gov.uk or view the agendas at www.ciwm.co.uk/pm/124
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND CENTRE SPRING MEETING - HAZARDOUS WASTE IN IRELAND
The above meeting will be held on Wednesday 23rd February at the City West Hotel, Dublin and will include a site visit to Cara Waste Management’s Hazardous Waste Transfer Station. For further details contact mark.heesom@greenstar.ie
MIDLANDS CENTRE OPEN MEETING
The above meeting will be held at Conkers, Ashby de la Zouch which is just off the M42/A42 on Thursday February 24th (evening). The meeting will examine PPC and Waste Strategy, including a paper on Waste Treatment options for the West Midlands and on treatment technologies to deliver a waste strategy. PPC presentations will include an Environment Agency overview of the re-permitting process to date and identify some lessons learned, and a speaker from SITA who will review the process from the operator’s perspective. For further details contact, David Williams david@evanslogistics.com
PLANNING TO GET BETTER
A CIWM seminar - Waste Planning Guidance Review - (Leeds) 22nd February 2005
It's crucial that the waste and resource management sectors get the planning system needed to allow the next generation of facilities to be built. Landfill - dominated strategies are a thing of the past – now we need different solutions to re-use, recycle and recover to the max. This will involve more sites (maybe 5 to 10 for each landfill we do without), different technologies and locations closer to where the waste is being produced. The planning system has to be fit to deliver this new world in time.
This seminar will help practitioners to hear what's proposed and to have their say. It will help shape this industry for the next 20 years. If you have a stake in this future - you should be there.
Contact events@ciwm.co.uk for further details
WASTE STRATEGY REVIEW – BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS
London 2nd March 2005
The CIWM waste strategy review conference will stimulate ideas on the work of DEFRA, the strategy review and devolved strategies. The programme will include the launch of the CIWM’s ‘lessons learned’ report, looking at the progress on waste strategy 2000 and those of the devolved governments along with a debate about barriers, solutions and outcomes of the strategy review due to take place this year.
Contact events@ciwm.co.uk for further details
ARE YOU READY FOR A VISIT – HEALTH AND SAFETY BRIEFING SESSION
March 22nd (North)
The Collection, Recycling and Environmental Cleansing Special Interest Group are holding a briefing session in mid March on health and safety. The session will cover aspects of drug related litter and how to handle this material safely, what the HSE are looking for from the waste management industry and management systems in place for collection. The event will also include the handling of hazardous wastes at HWRCs safely and learning lessons from a fatality.
Contact events@ciwm.co.uk for more details
BIOWASTE DIGESTING THE ALTERNATIVES 11th March, (Birmingham)
The Composting Association will be holding a one day conference to assist in the development of a greater understanding of sustainable organic waste management. The programme will examine the opportunities that Anaerobic Digestion and enclosed composting present for the treatment of animal by-products and catering wastes in the UK. along with a comprehensive overview of the various systems that are in operation, with examples of their success across Europe.
See http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/1863 or contact events@ciwm.co.uk
CIWM & ESA TRAINING
BOOK NOW FOR 2005 TRAINING COURSES!!
23rd February ~ Leachate Monitoring
24th February ~ Geology, Hydrogeology, Hydrology & Landfill
4th March ~ Special Waste / Hazardous Waste Regulations (new date due to demand)
For further information on the above training courses or any of the courses within our Training Programme, please visit our web site on www.ciwm.co.uk. You can also email us at training@ciwm.co.uk or call the Training Services Department on 01604 620426.
WRAP'S NEW ORGANIC TRAINING PROGRAMME
WRAP will be holding a series of new training courses for the composting industry, the current round of courses are detailed below:
Improving Organic Waste Management Operations: Achieving optimum efficiency & quality:
- 24th – 25th February (Scotland), 10th – 11th March (Wales)
Building Organic Waste Management Facilities: The right foundation:
- 8th – 9th February (Preston), 1st – 2nd March (Wales)
Successful Compost Marketing: Planning for Profit:
22nd – 23rd March (South)
Organic Waste Management for Planners & Regulators: The Complete Picture:
- 17th March (South)
Improving Organic Waste Management Collection: Optimising Collection Schemes
- 7th (evening) – 8th February (Newport, Wales), 15th (evening) – 16th March (Scotland)
For further information and a booking form please contact the CIWM training department on training@ciwm.co.uk or 01604 620426.
