Conference: Low Cost Solutions to Ireland's Waste Crisis

dublin | environment | event notice Monday October 27, 2003 12:04 by Caoimhin - Green Party

Zero Waste Alliance Ireland, VOICE and An Taisce present:

Low Cost Solutions to Ireland's Waste Crisis

Friday, 21 November 2003, Tailor's Hall, Back Lane Dublin 8

As Ireland looks to the future, solutions to our escalating waste crisis
must be found which are cost effective and safe.

This conference will examine international experience of such solutions and
seeks to place these in the Irish context.

In today's more constrained economic context, valuable lessons can be
learned from international experience to inform decisions about how to
manage our waste in a manner that is sustainable while delivering value for
money. The conference will hear from international experts on both the
practical aspects and broader economic implications of low cost solutions.

Conference Program (speaker profiles are below)

9.45 am Registration and coffee
10.30 am Chairperson's welcome

10.35 am Robin Murray: Economics of Zero Waste

11.35 am Matthew Pumfrey: The New Zealand Experience with Zero Waste


12.35 am Questions and Answers on Morning Session

1.00 ­- 2.oo pm Lunch

2.00 pm Chairperson's introduction

2.05 pm George Ross: Current Research and Costings for Irish
Initiatives

3.00 pm Luc Klunder: The Costs and Technology of Municipal
Composting

4.00 ­- 4.45 pm Questions and Answers on Morning Session

Who Should Attend?

. Local Authorities,
. Government Departments,
. Policy Makers,
. Politicians,
. Councillors,
. Environmental Officers,
. Consultants,
. Business Leaders,
. Environmental Organisations,
. Researchers.
.
Registration Details

Fee: 75 Euro per delegate (concessions available for not-for-profit
environmental organisations)

To make a Booking contact:
VOICE,
7 Upper Camden Street,
Dublin 2
Tel: 01 475 0467
Email: avoice@iol.ie

Robin Murray is a visiting research associate at the Centre for Study of
Global Governance at the London School of Economics, and is a leading
proponent on the Economics of Zero Waste.

Matthew Pumfrey spent five years working in the resource recovery industry
in New Zealand. Initially a Technical Manager of a 50,000 tpa windrow
composting facility, he was then involved in developing the Zero Waste New
Zealand Trust. He is also a Director of Zero Waste Associates, a company
set up to develop and promote Zero Waste in the UK and Ireland.

George Ross graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology with a First
Class honours degree in Property Economics. He has written papers on the
cost of waste management in the Dublin region and on the cost of recycling
in Co. Kildare

Luc Klunder has a wealth of international experience in the field of
composting techniques for organic waste streams and environmentally friendly
waste disposal treatment technologies, such as tunnel composting and
biological drying.

Brought to you by

Zero Waste Alliance Ireland, VOICE and An Taisce