03 Oct 2008

CIWM NW Centre & Envirolink NW - Haulage in the Waste and Recycling Industry
Venue: Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
The programme aimed to provide delegates with an update on how legislation & improved practices are raising standards in the transportation of waste in the UK, including information on:

• Identifying their duties and responsibilities relating to operator compliance and their obligations as waste carriers;

• Maintaining their operating standards and licences;

• Obtaining details of the relevant law applicable to the carriage of hazardous waste;

• Critically reviewing their own operations in respect of load security, waste law and compliance;

• Identifying the impact of migrant workers on operations; and
Understand how vehicle maintenance & handling may impact on fuel efficiency.
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10 Sep 2008

CIWM NW Centre - Professional Interview Workshop
Venue: Envirolink Northwest, Warrington
Workshop 1, - “The Professional Interview – What candidates need to know and how to prepare” This workshop helped candidates applying for full membership of CIWM prepare for the interview so that each candidate knows what to expect.

Workshop 2 – “Structured Education and Training (SET) workshop – Everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask!” Claire Poole, CIWM’s Education and Training Manager provided information about how the SET scheme works in practice and answered any questions.
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10 Sep 2008

South West Peninsula (Devon & Cornwall) NGG Site Visit
Venue: Veolia Waste Treatment Facilities, Hampshire
CIWM Peninsula (Devon and Cornwall) New Generation Group

Site Visit Tour, Veolia Waste Treatment Facilities, Hampshire.
10th September 2008

Cost: £22 (inc VAT) and including lunch.

The site visits will focus on:

Little Bushywarren Copse Composting Site
Chineham Energy From Waste Facility
Alton Material Recovery Facility

Please note: that this visit is a one-day event and we will be ‘car sharing’ to keep the cost of the event to a minimum.
Once we are clear who would like to attend and from which locations, we will confirm departure times and transport.
As parking space is limited at the sites, it is not possible for us to take more than 5 cars to the site tours.

Booking
• Please find attached the itinerary, booking form and maps of the sites. There are only 20 spaces available on this event therefore places will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
• We are initially giving priority to CIWM Devon and Cornwall Members on this event, so if you are interested in attending please register this with us asap.
• You will also be expected to pay for the event in advance to confirm your place.
• Please return your booking form to Clare Moakes, on the address given on the forms, asap.

If you have any queries regarding this event please contact either Verity Palk - Chair (verity.palk@ncdc.gov.uk) or Clare Moakes - Vice-Chair (clare.moakes@environment-agency.gov.uk), CIWM Peninsula NGG.

Best wishes
Verity Palk, Chair of CIWM Peninsula New Generation Group

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19 Aug 2008

NW NGG Site Visit to MHT Plant
Venue: Orchid Environmental, Huyton, Merseyside
Orchid has developed a simple yet effective process technology employing ‘Mechanical Heat Treatment’ (MHT), for the processing of ‘Municipal Solid Waste’ (MSW) and ‘Selective Commercial Waste’ (SCW).

This patented process is designed to achieve the Government’s landfill diversion and recycling targets, through the recovery of clean and sanitised recyclables, and the conversion of the diverted MSW biodegradable fraction into firstly a base product for the formulation of refined biomass products.

Andrew Gilbert, gave a presentation about the site and discussed permits, legislation and PPC aspects of the site. This was followed by a tour of the site with plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
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26 Jun 2008

CIWM NW Centre Open Meeting - 'Working at the Sharp End - Meeting the Challenges'
Venue: Crooklands, nr Kendal, Cumbria (M6 Jct 36)
Programme

Martin Allman, Waste Education Officer, Cumbria County Council
Why Work at Waste in Education? - (Resource Management for Sustainability)

Paul Robinson, NUKEM Ltd
Managing low activity and non radioactive wastes at Sellafield

Dave Dingle, OCS Group Ltd
Technical Competence under Environmental Permitting Regulations – Continuing Technical Competence

Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors:

- Dennis Eagle Ltd
- Terberg Matec UK
- SSI Schaefer
- Translinc

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25 Apr 2008

CIWM NW Centre AGM & Open Meeting
Venue: The Preston Hotel, Preston
“Landfill Diversion: Barriers and Solutions”

Programme

New Technologies for Treating Residual Waste
Paul Frith, Director, BeEnvironmental Limited

Evaluating the Options – Breakout Session

Case Study: Merseyside Waste Authority MHT
Steve Whatmore, Director Orchid Environmental

Partnerships and Procurement: Evaluating Frameworks for Delivery”
Steve Browne, Director of Waste and Natural Resource Management
Lancashire County Council

CIWM North West Centre Annual General Meeting


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12 Mar 2008

CIWM NW Centre & the Environment Agency - 'A New Framework - Environmental Permitting'
Venue: The Swallow Hotel, Preston New Road, Samlesbury, Preston, PR5 0UL
CIWM North West Centre and the Environment Agency presentation on the new Environmental Permitting Regulations introduced on 6 April 2008.

These Regulations replace the Waste Management Licensing Regulations and the PPC Regulations - waste management licences and PPC permits will cease and become Environmental Permits.

The presentation covers the basic provisions in the regulations, including what's new and transitional arrangements. It also considers how the Environment Agency has prepared for its role under the regulations including the new Standard Rules Permits. It will look at how the Regulations enable an evolutionary approach over the coming years.

The presenter was Jeremy Frost, Project Executive for the Environment Agency implementation of the regulations. Jeremy has been involved in their development over the last 2 years.

Thank you to the Environment Agency for sponsoring this seminar.
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