Registration opens 8:30am

 

 SESSION 1: GOVERNMENT UPDATES

 8:55 am

Welcome and introduction
Justin Jones - WMRR Tasmania Branch President                       
 9:00 am

Opening address
Nick Duigan MLC - Minister for Parks and Environment
 9:20 am

Update from the WRR Board
Hugh Christie - Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board
 9:40 am

EPA priorities
Wes Ford - Director and Chief Executive Officer, EPA Tasmania
 10:00 am

Data driven strategies
Giles Perryman - Director, ASK Waste Management (virtual)
 10:30 am Morning tea
   

 SESSION 2: PRIORITY + PROBLEMATIC STREAMS

 11:00am

Textiles
Danielle Kent - General Manager, Industry Transformation, Seamless (virtual)
 11:25am

Mattresses
Kylie Roberts-Frost - Chief Executive Officer, Australian Bedding Stewardship Council (ABSC)
 11:50am

Batteries
Katharine Hole - Chief Executive Officer, Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI)
 12:15 pm  Lunch
   

 SESSION 3: LOCAL CHALLENGES
 1:00 pm 

PFAS!
Dr. Matthew Askeland - Victorian Environment Lead, ADE Consulting Group (virtual)
 1:25 pm

Current and emerging issues in landfills 
Nick Simmons - Principal Technical Specialist - Landfill, Australian Environmental Auditors
 1:50 pm

Tackling tyres by fuelling industry
Jim Fairweather - Chief Executive Officer, Tyrecycle
 2:15 pm Afternoon tea
   

 SESSION 4: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT + BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
 2:45 pm

Trailblazing reuse
Barbara Gill - General Manager & Director, Garage Sale Trail
 3:10 pm

Waste free events in Tassie
Isabel Axiö - Senior Consultant, RMCG
 3:35 pm

Speaker to be confirmed
 4:00 pm

Wrap up and close
Gayle Sloan - CEO, WMRR

 FORUM CLOSE

 

Program correct at 13 May 2024 and is subject to change. Please check back for updates.