WMRR
Program correct as at 15 June 2023, please check back for updates.
WORSKHOPS AND CONFERENCE Melbourne Convention Centre Level 1, Meeting Rooms 104, 105, 106 1 Convention Centre Place South Wharf
Registration opens 8:15am each day
WORKSHOP 1: Landfill Gas Management 101
8:45am - 5:00pm
The aim of this workshop is to provide participants with a sound understanding of landfill gas (generation, movement / emissions, hazards / risks, management, and monitoring), to help you improve the management of landfill gas at your site, whether closed or operational.
You will learn how to assess landfill gas generation, the risks presented by landfill gas, and how to go about developing and implementing an appropriate gas management system / measures.
The workshop will be chaired by Dr Stuart Dever (UNSW) and include presentations by Matt Welsh (GHD), Stuart Thurlow & Nick Simmons (Australian Environmental Auditors) Elisa De Wit (Norton Rose Fulbright), Jarryd Doran and Sean Trainor (Landfill Gas Industries).
WORKSHOP 2: Landfill Airspace Optimisation
Landfill airspace is a rapidly diminishing commodity which has risen in value significantly over the last few years. With that in mind this workshop will provide participants with information on how to optimise the value of remaining landfill airspace.
The workshop will be chaired by Cleanaway's NSW Landfill Manager, John Jones, and include:
WELCOME FUNCTION 6:30-8:30pm Citizen at Melbourne Public 11 Dukes Walk, South Wharf VIC 3006 Dress: business / smart casual
OPENING PLENARY
9:00am
Welcome and introduction Geoffrey Webster - WMRR National President
Welcome to country
Sponsors welcome Geofabrics
Plenary Speaker | The environmental context of modern landfills - 30 years of experience Tony Kortegast - Technical Director, Tonkin + Taylor
Plenary Speaker Tia Scarpelli - Research Scientist & Waste Sector Lead, Carbon Mapper
Morning tea
SESSION 1: Strategy, Planning & Regulation
Streamlining environmental approvals under the VIC Environment Protection Act Amelia Donato, Bajwa Enviroconsult
Key insights for waste transfer or resource recovery facility designers David Gamble + Anna Montgomery, GHD
Benchmarking Australian Landfill Guidelines - What can be improved? Paul Lightbody, Mockinya Consulting + Anthony Dixon, GHD
Resilient regional transfer station networks Melanie Kempton, Arup
Disaster resilience and site planning Alex Upitis, Talis Consultants
Managing risk at the customer/waste interface in your waste facility Joe McLeod, ATC Williams
Sustainable planning and design in a climate of change Nigel Ruxton, Senversa + Alice Noviani, WSP
The growing risks of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Transfer Stations and Waste Management Facilities Garreth Dorey, Wastech Engineering
SESSION 3: Landfill Design
Subgrade settlement considerations in landfill design Sven Waurich, WSP
Landfill – maximise and optimise! Rowan Cossins, ATC Williams
Addressing unique challenges of piggyback landfilling over soft and compressible soils in North Queensland Prathama Igor, ATC Williams
Is the truck driver our customer? – A value and customer centric approach to moving trucks through a major landfill. Troy Uren, UTL Utilities
Phytocaps or Geosynthetic Capping Systems: A risk based approach to implementation Matthew Hobley, Talis Consultants
Queensland’s first behind the meter project powering a co-located Council wastewater treatment plant from the landfill Jarryd Doran, LGI Ltd
Protection Soil Layer vs Sidewall Drainage Aya Salih, Bajwa EnviroConsult
SESSION 5: Landfill Construction
SESSION 6: Future of Transfer Stations
3:30pm
Case study of the impact of electrical leak location on a remediation of faulty pond and construction of a landfill cell Carl Charpentier, Groupe Alphard
3:50pm
Challenges of developing a landfill in a former hard rock quarry Mal Jones, ATC Williams
4:10pm
Landfill cell construction tie-in challenges Sam Butler, WSP
Using innovative design to enhance recovery, treatment and landfill disposal of waste Lance Ingrams + Corey Menant, Hi-Quality Group
4:30pm
Evolution of the Wests Road Landfill & Transfer Station facility Jonathan Knape, Wyndham City Council + Anthony Spiteri, Geofabrics
Rethinking LGA circular economy precincts: - Rethinking and repurposing community owned waste management sites Marcus Geisler, EMRC
CONFERENCE DINNER 6:30-10:30pm Showtime Events Centre 61 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf VIC 3006 Dress: cocktail
8:55am
Joint Presentation
A unique sustainable solution to increase the capacity of active landfills Amir Shahkolahi - National Technical Manager, Global Synthetics
The Great Wall of Western Sydney: Increasing landfill capacity with an MSE retaining wall at Erskine Park landfill Daniel Wright - Engineering Manager, Cleanaway + Gary Schmertmann - Technical Executive, GeoEnvironmental Engineering, WSP
Keynote Panel |Mitigating and Managing Emissions
Regulator Panel | Around the States
SESSION 7: Leachate - Good, Bad, Ugly
A detailed approach to forecast leachate generation in landfills to effectively size leachate management infrastructure Hossein Ghiasinejad + Udeshini Pathirage, WSP
Management of Historic Closed Landfills: Determining a clear understanding of risk Mitch Crane, Rockhampton Regional Council
Landfill leachate management - alternatives Nikita Sharma, BeneTerra
Phytocaps: Trials & tribulations of monitoring and assessing transpiration cap performance Richard Campbell + Ruben Andersen, HydroTerra
Leachate management in a large rural regional Council Rohan Smith, Albury City Council
Options assessment and rehabilitation design for two coastal landfills in Port Fairy Julian Howard, SMEC
Leachate management during catastrophic weather conditions. Chris Nivison-Smith, GHD
SESSION 9: Leachate Treatment & Disposal
2:00pm
Probabilistic modelling of long-term maintenance cost for landfills at contaminated sites Daniel Dohle, WSP
A Comparative Assessment of Data Discrepancy: The Regulator, The Surveys, The Weighbridge Data Lacey Webb, ResourceHub
2:20pm
PFAS Treatment: Landfills are the new front line! David Burns, EPOC Systems
Lessons learnt relating to non-needle free geotextiles used in landfill geocomposite liners - Case Study Luke Adams, Tonkin + Taylor + Stuart Thurlow, Australian Environmental Auditors
2:40pm
Landfill Leachate Treatment - successes, failures and industry misconception - based on 22 years experience John Gray, JPG Engineering
Seymour landfill rehabilitation Tanja Blazeka Kojc, SMEC
3:00pm
Case Study: Tackling leachate with City of Darwin David Leinster, The Water and Carbon Group co-authored by Nick Fewster, City of Darwin
Remediation of a former quarry and permanent containment of buried toxic materials in Canada Pascal Saunier, AFITEX-Texel + Andy Warwick, Global Synthetics
Keynote Speaker | A lifetime of lessons in landfills Kent von Maubeuge - Former Director Corporate Identity and Communications & Senior Product Manager GCLs, NAUE Group
Conference wrap-up
4:00pm
Conference close