RECYCLING TARGET CONSULTATION
Defra has issued a consultation paper proposing recycling and composting targets for 2007/08 for English local authorities. 4 options are considered in the consultation, with the currently favoured option being to freeze targets for all Authorities, except for those with 18 percent targets who will be expected to achieve 20 percent. Longer term targets are expected to be considered within the review of the Waste Strategy.
See www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/recycling-composting/index.htm
Comments for a CIWM response should be sent to tina.benfield@ciwm.co.uk
WASTE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME TO RUN FOR TWO FURTHER YEARS
Defra has issued a press release stating that the Waste Implementation Programme will run for a further 2 years.
See www.defra.gov.uk/news/2005/051026c.htm
FLYTIPPING STRATEGY FOR WALES
The Welsh Assembly has issued a consultation paper on the development of a fly-tipping strategy for Wales. The strategy aims to provide a reference point for enforcement agencies, summarising their powers and duties and setting out specific recommendations for an effective working framework.
See www.countryside.wales.gov.uk/fe/master.asp?n1=797&n2=123&n3=879
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY BONFIRE ENFORCEMENT POSITION
The Environment Agency has issued an enforcement position on waste regulation and bonfire night. Burning waste without a relevant permit or exemption is illegal: however, they will not prosecute unless the burning appears to represent a waste disposal activity (i.e. where inappropriate wastes being burnt unsuitably sized or where materials provided by a waste company) rather than a recreational activity.
See www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/
ARE YOU MAKING WAVES IN WASTE?
In the new year Wastes Management will be running an article on the “young guns” in the waste industry – the twenty- and early thirty-somethings that are making a splash in various aspects of the wastes management sector: heading important projects, shooting up the career ladder or even bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to the industry.
If this is you, or there is someone in your company that you think we should know about, email ben.wood@ciwm.co.uk with details and we will get in touch.
URGENT - OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERTS IN EASTERN EUROPE
Technical Assistance for Management and Supervision of Solid Waste Contracts in Romania.
For further details Nathalie Grenier, EPTISA INTERNACIONAL, +34 91 559 5152 ngrenier@eptisainternacional.es
TRAINING COURSE DEVELOPMENT
Calderdale council are currently looking for technical authors to produce material for a training course to be delivered to Recycling Crew Operatives to raise their awareness of waste. For more details, and a course specification, please contact Alison Howard at alison.howard@calderdale.gov.uk by the 7th November
10% OFF CIWM MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2006
Members who pay their subscriptions by direct debit receive a 10% discount. If you do not currently pay your fees by direct debit and would like to pay your 2006 fees in this way please e-mail membership@ciwm.co.uk. We will then send you a form that will need to be completed and returned by 18th November 2005.
You can also spread your payments throughout the year by Quarterly Direct Debit. The 10% discount does not apply to this payment method. If you would like to pay your 2006 fees in this way please e-mail membership@ciwm.co.uk
REGIONAL CENTRE CHRISTMAS MEETINGS
London & Southern Counties
2nd December 2005 at London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London
Contact Richard Bradbury on 0207 974 3725 richard.bradbury@camden.gov.uk
South West
9th December at Somerset County Cricket Ground, Taunton
Contact Terry March on 0117 9778175 tmarch@tmcs.info
Wales
2nd December 2005 at Thistle Cardiff Hotel, Cardiff
Contact Cathy O’Brien on 01248 670561 cathy.o'brien@environment-agency.gov.uk
North West
9th December 2005
Liverpool Football Club, Liverpool
Contact Lawrence Conway on 01539 733333 l.conway@southlakeland.gov.uk
North East
2nd December 2005
Contact Mike Hibbert on 01484 462785 mike.hibbert@ciwm.co.uk
Midlands
9th December 2005
Think Tank, Birmingham
Contact Clair Thomas on 01604 620426 clair.thomas@ciwm.co.uk
Scotland
9th December 2005
Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
Mary Harley on 0141 273 1416 m.f.harley@gcal.ac.uk
SOUTH WEST CENTRE NEW GENERATION GROUP MEETINGS
Open Meeting at Plymouth University on 2nd November 2005. “Alternative Technologies & the Landfill Directive” Click on the following link for full details http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pm/146 or email jan.hester@environment-agency.gov.uk
WESSEX NGG MEETING “RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES”
Will be held on 23rd November 2005 at Hamworthy Recreation Club, Wimborne. Click on the following link for full details http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pm/146 or contact Tessa Bowering on 01258 483416
NORTHERN IRELAND CENTRE
“New & Emerging Technologies” Seminar
Will be held on Tuesday 1st November 2005 at Manley House, Stranmills, Belfast. Click on the following link for details http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pm/151 or contact Jackie Snodden on
028 9127 037
CIWM SEMINARS
EXPLODING THE EUROMYTHS
12th January 2006 ~ London
http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/2191
THE WEEE REGULATIONS – BE PREPARED!
24th January 2006 ~ London
http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/2192
PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES
7th February 2006 ~ London (re-run of 1st November sold out event)
For further details on any of these events contact jagon.chichon@ciwm.co.uk or 01604 620426
THE COMPOSTING ASSOCIATION 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull, West Midlands.
Wednesday 30 November and Thursday 1 December 2005
For more information please contact the Events Department at IWM Business Services Ltd on 01604 620426, email events@ciwm.co.uk. If you are interested in exhibiting at the UK’s leading event for the biological treatment industry, please contact Jenni Harris at The Composting Association on 08701 603278 or email jenni@compost.org.uk.
DEFRA NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTER PROGRAMME
The Defra New Technologies Supporter Programme has recently developed a new training course for all local authority personnel. For more information please contact the helpline 0870 240 9894, or by email. wastetech@enviros.com.
PLANNING WORKSHOPS
DEFRA and the ODPM are holding workshops looking at the revisions to Planning Policy Statement 10 on waste planning. The events will be held throughout England and are aimed at local authority waste an planning officers and councillors.
See www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=267451386412
CIWM & ESA TRAINING
BOOK NOW FOR 2005 TRAINING COURSES!!
9 Nov ~ Environmental Management Systems & Environmental Auditing
16-17 Nov ~ Legislation for COTC Candidates
22-23 Nov ~ Practical Management & Control of Landfill Gas
29 Nov ~ Duty of Care
29 Nov - 1 Dec ~ An Introduction to the Management of Wastes
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 ORGANIC TRAINING PROGRAMME
WRAP will soon be running their second programme of their Landmark training courses for the composting industry.
For further information on the courses and for a booking form please contact the CIWM training department on 01604 620426 or book online at www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/1484
