Refuse collection

Waste and refuse workshop agenda

Thursday 1 December 2016 – Hilton Hotel Blackpool   

Key note: Waste Data Flow and Question 100! - DEFRA

Speaker: Lindsay Holmes, Resource, Data, Information and Analysis, Environmental Quality, Defra

APSE Performance networks data trends emerging from 2015 / 2016

Speakers: Peter Kirkbride, APSE Associate, and Mo Baines, APSE Head of Communication and Coordination   

Household Waste Recycling Centres – maximising efficiencies  

Speaker: Kristy Spindler, South Gloucestershire Council

Random drug and alcohol testing: Can we ensure a fair and safe system for refuse drivers and their crews?

Speaker: Ady Selby, West Lindsey District Council

Increasing recycling rates, new collection systems

Speaker:  Caroline McKenzie, Gedling Borough Council

Implications of the Trade Waste VAT Ruling

Speaker panel: John Paul Lovie, Blackpool Council, and Mo Baines, APSE

Collection frequency, residual bins and waste contamination: Joining the dots  

Speaker:  Dela Moreland, Kettering Borough Council

The Garden Waste Panel Debate: To charge or not to charge for garden waste collections?

This panel debate will explore two examples of councils introducing charges for garden waste and two councils where garden waste charges have not been implemented. What are the pros and cons?

Panel: Ady Selby, West Lindsey District Council, Kristy Spindler, South Gloucestershire Council, Caroline McKenzie, Gedling Borough Council, and Dela Moreland, Kettering Borough Council

Onwards and upwards: Data collection and any template changes for 2017

Group discussion: Reflecting emerging trends on three weekly collections, waste contamination, overall waste volume, financial pressures on environmental services, charging for services and service efficiencies.

About the workshop: Who can attend?

The workshop for waste and refuse is a working group within the Performance Networks seminar providing an opportunity to explore emerging data trends, service specific issues and any amendments or additions to the APSE Performance Networks data collection and benchmarking  arrangements for waste and refuse services.

To attend the workshop you must be a delegate to the Performance networks Seminar.

Local councils that do not yet subscribe to APSE Performance Networks are welcome to attend as non-member delegates to learn how waste and refuse data benchmarking can help improve your local services. The different booking options are available on line. You will not be charged at the point or booking online but will be invoiced in the usual way.

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