10th March, 2010
WEEECAF Meeting and Site Visit
The next WEEECAF meeting has now been confirmed for Wednesday 14th April. This will include a site visit to Viridor's WEEE AATF (their plant for fridges, CRTs and small domestic appliances) in St. Helens, Merseyside. More details will be available shortly, or you can enquire by emailing: weeecaf@wastepack.co.uk.
The NHHWF Spring Seminar 2010: 'Healthcare Waste: Sterile Matter or Infectious Issue?'
The NHHWF Spring Seminar took place on 24th February at the Winding Wheel, Chesterfield.
Presentations are available to download below:
'Partnership Working and Benefits for All' - Sharon Butler, Acting Head of Quality and Environment, Cornwall Partnership Trust
'Developing a healthcare waste protocal that suits the needs of the WCA and PCT' - John Redmayne, Project Integra, Hampshire
'Defra's Review of the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992' - Lucy Toman, Defra
'Carbon Agenda: Waste and the NHS' - Lorraine Holme, Department of Health
'Orange bags on the street: and the problem is...' - Dr Anne Woolridge, Independent Safety Services, and Terry Tudor, University of Northampton
'The challenge of implementing a waste segregation policy in the community' - Emma Wood, PHS, and Nottingham NHS
Members will need their member ID and password to access the presentations. Day delegates can also download the presentations using a temporary ID and password - to receive this please email Kerrie Warburton.
NHHWF and Resources North Autumn Seminar: 'WEEE Communications and Reuse'
The Autumn Seminar took place on 23rd October 2009, at The Carriageworks in Leeds.
The following presentations are available to members to download.
Day delegates or members who have forgotten their password should get in touch with Kerrie Warburton.
'National WEEE recycling awareness campaign' - Lucy Keal, WRAP
'Reuse and the 3rd Sector' - Paul Forrest, Project Manager - Social Enterprise Support, REY
'Developing a reuse standards and WEEE good practice' - Gary Griffiths, WEEE Advisory Body
'Innovative WEEE reuse and waste minimisation involving battery refurbishment' - Tim Leleux, Rebatt
NHHWF 2009 Annual General Meeting
NHHWF Site Visits 2009
Members of the forum enjoyed an exciting and interesting visit in September to Minosus - Veolia's salt mine storage facility for hazardous waste. Read all about the visit here.
We are still hoping to visit Global Renewables' innovative new waste treatment facility in Lancashire, SITA's energy from waste plant in Tees Valley, and Veolia's high temperature incinerator in Ellesmere Port over the next few months.
If you require any further details or wish to register your interest, please contact Kerrie Warburton, Tel 0113 200 3960.
Previous seminars
The NHHWF spring 2009 seminar "HHW – Here, There and Everywhere!" was held on Wednesday 25 February 2009, Sutton.
Presentations are available to download below:
Managing Radio Active Substances, Dr Chris Englefield, Environment Agency
Managing Healthcare Waste: Issues for Local Authorities, Dr Terry Tudor, The University of Northampton
Quality protocol for the production and use of tyre-derived rubber materials, Michelle Steer, Environment Agency.
'Bin the banger' Multi agency approach to abandonned vehicles & arson, Sgt Colin Dassow, Blackburn with Darwen Community Safety partnership.
REACH, Tim Harris, UK REACH Competent Authority
Meridian technical services, Tom Willis
The NHHWF autumn 2008 seminar "Business waste: have WEEE got it sorted?" was held on Wednesday 22 October 2008, Oxford.
Presentations are available to download below:
Acceptance of SME Wastes at Local Authority Facilities, Peter Robinson, West Sussex County Council.
Practical Collection of SME IT Waste in Scotland, Tom Kenny, Changeworks.
Educating SMEs Regarding their Obligations, John Holbrow, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
Managing B2B WEEE, Dr Philip Morton, Repic Ltd.
Implementing the Batteries Directive, Ali Scoleri, Producer Responsibility Unit – Defra.
Irish Hazardous Waste Management Plan, Jane Keneally, Office of Climate, Licensing and Resource Use – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The NHHWF summer 2008 seminar "Spotlight on HHW Treatment" was held on Wednesday 2 July at the Manufacturing Institute in Manchester.
Presentations are available to download below:
The practicalities involved in carrying hazardous waste, Chris Sedgley, Veolia
Haz Guide 2008, Emma Kerrigan, Resource Futures
WEEE a year on:views from a compliance scheme, Paul James, DHL
HHW impact on Mechanical Biological Treatment, Ben Goad, Global Renewables
HHW and MBT output: Utilising bio compost on land, Brian Chambers, ADAS
The NHHWF spring 2008 seminar was held on 27 February at The Hawth, Crawley and focused on HHW culture and behaviour change.
Presentations are available to download below:
Cultural changes needed to address the objectives and targets of the new strategy, Phill Russell, West Sussex County Council
Waste prevention advisors Ryan Woodard, Brighton University
Rising to the cultural challenge, Bill Griffiths, Viridor
Helping the community understand their Duty of Care responsibilities ,Ian Jopling, Horsham District Council
Consumer response to the battery trials, Chris Davey, WRAP
Paint industry producer responsibility and the role of Community RePaint, Mark Gregory, Community RePaint
Communicating and influencing behaviour of SMEs, Susan Kent, BREW
The NHHWF autumn 2007 seminar " Are we treating your HHW well?" was held on 10 October 2007 in Walsall and was sponsored by AWM Group.
Presentations are available to download below:
The Draft Batteries Regulations, Anju Sharda, Defra
A mountain to climb:Implementing the Batteries Directive in the UK, Michael Green, G & P Batteries
WEEE Reuse and Recycling by the Third Sector, Greg Walker, CREATE UK Ltd
Bridging the Gap: Using the Private Sector, Paul Woodhead, AWM Group
Oil:Dangerous Pollutant, Valuable Resource, Richard Martin, Environment Agency
Sharing information Over a Coffee at the WEEECAF
This seminar was sponsored by AWM Group
The NHHWF summer 2007 seminar: 26 June, "Where are WEEE going?" focused on the new waste strategy and practical arrangements for implementation of WEEE.
Presentations are available to download below:
HHW and the new Waste Strategy - Martin Cox, Waste Strategy Review Team, Defra
HHW services and collection of WEEE in West Sussex - Phillip Russell, West Sussex County Council
The practicalities of collecting WEEE - Duncan Simpson, Valpak
WEEE know what to do - Bill Griffiths, Viridor Waste Management
Ten things you didn’t know about HHW - Rebecca Slack, Cranfield University
Please follow the link below to read feedback from the Summer 2006 workshop, Oxford.
Feedback from the Summer seminar group workshops: Where are WEEE going?
The event was sponsored by Valpak and Oxfordshire County Council.
NHHWF spring 2007 seminar: 14 March, Leeds Town Hall - Domestic social responsibility – encouraging proper disposal of HHW
The NHHWF spring 2007 seminar “Domestic social responsibility – encouraging proper disposal of HHW” explored communications and enforcement issues.
The event included presentations from leading experts involved in communicating with the public on waste issues and enforcing controls on illegal disposal of waste, and was held on 14 March at Leeds Town Hall.
Presentations are available to download below:
Gareth Morton (Resource Futures) - Poisonous and Evil Rubbish
Chris Davey (WRAP) - Battery Collection Update
Kate Fairfoull (Norfolk County Council) - Household Hazardous Waste Amnesties
Ginette Unsworth (ENCAMS) - Targetted Campaigning
Alan d'Arcy (Environment Agency) - National Fly-tipping Prevention Strategy
Graham Bailey (Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council) - Integrated Fly-tipping Strategy
David Willson (Liverpool City Council) - Liverpool Abandoned Vehicles Project
NHHWF autumn 2006 seminar: Healthcare waste – in need of resuscitation?
Nottingham Trent University on 19 October 06
“Healthcare waste – in need of resuscitation?” focused on topical issues in the management of healthcare waste, with a particular focus on new government guidance due to be released in autumn 2006. A “hot topic” session provided an update on implementation of the WEEE Regulations.
Presentations are available to download below:
Safe management of healthcare waste - Eamonn Prendergast, Defra
Collecting healthcare waste: health and safety issues - Judith Reilly, Health and Safety Executive
Implementing the WEEE Directive: the local authority perspective - Neil Ferris, LARAC
The event was sponsored by Biffa Waste Services.
NHHWF summer 2006 seminar - Hazardous waste reduction and disposal: finding solutions for SMEs, 6 July 2006, Said Business School, Oxford
This event focussed on preventing, reducing and disposing of hazardous waste generated by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and explored:
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HHW issues in the waste strategy consultation
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the HAZRED project, an Environment Agency led project which aims to help SMEs prevent and reduce their production of hazardous wastes
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SME case studies of hazardous waste reduction
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Oxfordshire County Council’s chemical collection service
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Defra research on hazardous WEEE.
Download the presentations (PDF files) below:
Waste Strategy consultation - Options for HHW - Andy Howarth, Defra
The Haz Red project - Gill Ross-Jones, The Environment Agency
Minimising Hazardous Waste - Dr Geoff Leaver, Envirowise
The SITA HazXchange service - Robin Stevenson and Colin Smithson, SITA UK
Hazardous waste reduction – the business perspective - Dr Jonathan Hall, Evotec
Asbestoclear: solutions for asbestos disposal - Paul Woodhead, PPF Waste Management
The event was sponsored by Oxfordshire County Council and Grundon Waste Management Ltd.