Developing Northern Ireland's waste infrastructure Conference
Date: Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Venue: Stormont Hotel, Belfast
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Northern Ireland produces roughly one million tonnes of municipal waste and just over the same amount of waste from industry and commerce. This conference looks at how the waste management sector is rising to the challenge of coping with ever tightening environmental constraints and will examine plans to spend around £436 million in improving the province’s waste management infrastructure.
Northern Ireland’s waste infrastructure will be delivered in three main projects, which are organised on a geographical basis. The morning session at the conference will be dedicated to an update on the status of these projects from each of the three waste management groupings: Arc21; SWaMP; and the NWRWMG.
There will also be presentations examining some of the waste technologies that may be deployed, including an examination of a waste to energy case study from Great Britain. Other expert presenters will cover issues such as waste infrastructure planning and the legal framework around waste management.
The closing conference session will take the format of a round-table discussion, featuring key players in the Northern Ireland waste sector representing government, local government, the NGO sector and the waste industry itself. Delegates will have the opportunity to ask questions of the panel members and engage them in discussion on the delivery of the planned waste infrastructure investment.
Featured speakers include:
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Paul Simpson Deputy Secretary Department of the Environment |
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John Quinn Chief Executive Eastern Region Waste Management Group (arc21) |
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Alan McVicker Director Waste Infrastructure Programme Delivery Support Unit (PDSU) |
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Graham Byrne Director Southern Waste Management Partnership (SWaMP2008) |
| David Palmer-Jones Chief Executive SITA UK |
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John Gibbs Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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Andrew Ryan Associate Carson McDowell |
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Professor Sue Christie Director Northern Ireland Environment Link |
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