ESA HEALTH AND SAFETY STRATEGY
The Environmental Services Association has launched a health and safety for the waste management industry. The strategy will target 4 key areas of slips, trips and falls, manual handling, workplace transport and machinery safety with a view to reducing RIDDOR reportable accidents by 10 percent a year and eliminate fatalities. See www.esauk.org/ESA_H&S_strategy.pdf
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND BIODEGRADABLE WASTE STRATEGY
The Department for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for the Republic of Ireland has issued a National Strategy for managing biodegradable wastes. Around 1.82 million tonnes of biodegradable municipal solid waste will need to be diverted from landfill each year up to 2016 to meet landfill Directive requirements. Current recovery capacity exists fro around 630,000 tonnes per year. See www.environ.ie/doei/doeihome.nsf/0/8998AE0F2D4D73588025714F00319235
EU APPROVAL FOR WRAP FUNDING
The EU Commission has approved under EU state aid rules the continued funding of WRAP's market development activities through to 2010. WRAP's new business plan will also see a move to a sector specific focus on construction, retail, manufacturing, organics, waste minimisation, behavioural change and local authority support. See www.wrap.org.uk/news/europe_1.html
IRISH WEEE COLLECTION FIGURES
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for the Republic of Ireland has announced figures for the collection of WEEE. 14,587 tonnes have been collected over the first 7 months of their WEEE regime. This equates to 6.7kg of WEEE collected per person, in excess of the WEEE Directive target of 4kg per person by 2008.
See http://www.environ.ie/doei/doeihome.nsf/0/277A92B06D0DC60D8025714F00318F15
MONITORING FEES FOR MINERALS AND LANDFILL SITES ~ WALES
A new fee regime is introduced under The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2006 to allow local planning authorities to recover the costs of carrying out their monitoring function. The fee regime will be based on a charge per scheduled site visit to recover average costs including travel costs and will be set at 288 pounds per visit for active sites and 96 pounds per visit for inactive sites. See www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2006/20060948e.htm
LEQ TRAINING TENDER
ENCAMS is seeking experienced trainers with a background in local environmental quality to assist them in delivering their current suite of training. All organisations interested should visit www.encams.org/tender. Any queries contact Training Manager michelle.wright@encams.org.
The deadline for submission of tender documents is 12.00pm Wednesday 3rd May 2006.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The call for papers and Registration for Tackling Waste 2006 is now open. The conference of leading UK universities involved in waste management research will take place at the University of Nottingham 6-7 July 2006. The conference will showcase postgraduate and new research into waste minimisation, recovery, reuse and treatment. For further details please contact tacklingwaste@northampton.ac.uk or call Margaret Bates on 01604 892419
PLACES AVAILABLE ON WRAP RECYCLING MANAGERS COURSES
Phase one of the 2006/7 dates for the WRAP Recycling Managers Training Course and the Recycling Managers Advanced Training Course have now been released. Places are still available on the Recycling Managers Training Course on 24-27 April 2006. Courses are fully funded by WRAP. For further information, please click on the links above or email training@wrap.org.uk.
CIWM EVENT
WASTE STRATEGY SEMINAR
24 April 2006 ~ Bradford
http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/2378
CIWM CENTRE MEETINGS
LONDON & SOUTHERN COUNTIES CENTRE - NATIONAL CAREER PROGRESSION EVENT
The Third National Career Progression Event will be held in Central London on Friday 12 May 2006. Organised by the London & Southern Counties New Generation Group. Any queries e-mail john.downer@jacobs.com Tel: 0118 988 1569.
MIDLANDS CENTRE OPEN MEETING & AGM - "WASTES MANAGEMENT ~ COMPLETING THE LOOP"
Thursday 20 April at Hinckley United Football Club, Hinckley. Contact Clair Thomas for further details clair.thomas@ciwm.co.uk or click here for booking form http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pm/133
NORTH WEST OPEN MEETING & AGM
Will take place on Friday 21 April at Harris Park Conference Centre, Preston. Contact Claire Nicoll for further details claire.nicoll@ciwm.co.uk or click here for details on our website and booking form http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/1350
NORTH EAST CENTRE TECHNICAL FORUM - ARE YOU A ROTTER?
Taking place on 11 May at Askham Bryan College, Askham Bryan, York. Contact Mike Hibbert mike.hibbert@ciwm.co.uk or click here for details on the website via http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/1504
SCOTTISH CENTRE
Scottish Centre Spring meeting will take place on the 21 of April at Lauder College, Dunfermline. For further details contact Andrew.Dickson@ciwm.co.uk
Scottish Centre Northern Planning Seminar. "Don't Waste this Opportunity". This event replaces the postponed event from March due to bad weather. 12 May Aberdeen. For further details contact Andrew.Dickson@ciwm.co.uk
EAST ANGLIA CENTRE OPEN MEETING & AGM - "Waste of Life and Limb"
Thursday 27 April at Huntingdon Suite, East of England Showground, Peterborough. Online booking and credit card payments are available on www.ciwm.co.uk/pm/510 or contact clair.thomas@ciwm.co.uk for further information.
MIDLANDS CENTRE
Members are warmly invited to the first-ever Spring Ball black tie networking event to be held on Friday 19 May at 7pm at the Ramada Jarvis, Leicester. There will be a drinks reception, 3-course meal, dancing to a live band and a charity draw with quality prizes. See the website for further information and bookings www.ciwm.co.uk/pm/133 or contact clair.thomas@ciwm.co.uk
NON CIWM EVENTS
WASTES MANAGEMENT AND REVERSE LOGISITICS SEMINAR at Cranfield on Friday 28 April. Tickets at £50 for CILT members and £75 for non members, are available from Dean Carlton email dean.carlton@ciltuk.org.uk or by telephone on 01536 740156.
CIWM & ESA TRAINING
26 April ~ Duty of Care
27 April ~ Intergrated Recycling & Waste Management Operations
4 May ~ Hazardous Waste Regulations (Sheffield)
9-11 May ~ An Introduction to the Management of Wastes
18 May ~ The Management of Hazardous Waste
23 May ~ Packaging Waste Regulations
23-25 May ~ Practical Waste Management
** All of the above courses are held in Northampton unless stated.**
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.
