VIC Regional Seminar

VIC Regional Seminar
Join us for the WMAA Victorian regional seminar in Bendigo on Friday 21 September.  This full-day seminar reports on current waste and recycling issues facing rural and regional areas, as well as providing updates on new initiatives at state and regional level.  Explore innovative solutions, recycling market opportunities, and how to collaborate for better outcomes. The seminar provides an opportunity to discuss what’s happening in your region with your colleagues and network with a range of waste/recycling stakeholders.
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Time

Speaker

 

Topic

9:00-9:15

OPENING
Graeme Stewart, WMAA Vic President

 

 

9:15-9:40

Dan Keely, A/Executive Director Strategy and Performance, Environment Protection Authority

 

New EPA Act

9:40-10:05

Cat O’Bryan, Environment Protection Authority and Kristen OHalloran

 

OPLE Pilot: program update

10:05-10:30

Josie Jones, The One Tonne Challenge

 

Acting locally, impacting globally

10:30-11:00

MORNING TEA

 

 

11:00-11:25

Ashley Pittard, Executive Officer, Barwon South West Waste and Resource Recovery Group

 

Recycling partnerships: working better together

11:25-11:50

La Vergne Lehmann, Executive Officer, Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group

 

Outcomes of regional review of recycling system

11:50-12:15

Ian Gillingham, Loddon Mallee Waste and Resource Recovery Group

 

Business recycling opportunities in the Loddon Mallee region

12:15-1:20

LUNCH

 

 

1:20-1:45

Kelly Wickham, Organics Project Advisor, Sustainability Victoria

 

Organics support and strategy

1:45-2:10

Bill Grant, Director, Blue Environment

 

What to expect when you go FOGO: a Victorian and National overview

2:10-2:35

Gayle Seddon, Programs Coordinator, Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group

 

Introducing a kerbside FOGO service: a guide for local government

2:35-3.10

AFTERNOON TEA

 

 

3:10-3:35

Gary Mogford, Program Manager, Keep Victoria Beautiful

 

Illegal dumping: what does the public know

3:35-4:00

Luke Adams, Tonkin & Taylor and Stuart Thurlow, AEA

 

Closed Landfill Environmental Risk
Self-Assessment Tool

4:00-4:30

CLOSING

 

 

When
21/09/2018 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
AUS Eastern Standard Time
Where
All Seasons Hotel 171-183 McIvor Road Bendigo, VIC 3550 AUSTRALIA

Program

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Description
0.8% Merchant Fee on Event transactions
29/03/2018

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