Cambridge Global Challenges Interdisciplinary Research Centre
Resource Recovery from Waste Annual Conference 2017 (registration deadline: 31st October 2017)
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Tuesday 31 October 2017
9:00am to 6:00pm
Cloth Hall Court, Leeds
About
The successful implementation of ideas, frameworks and technologies for resource recovery from waste will require the formulation of strong business cases for a variety of actors in industry and government. This year’s conference - Making the Business Case for Resource Recovery for Business and Government - aims to present both conceptual ideas and practical experiences on the formulation of business cases for resource recovery as part of the circular economy.
Resource Recovery from Waste (RRfW) is a 5-year programme of research funded by NERC, ESRC and Defra to develop knowledge and tools to reduce pressure on natural resources and create value from wastes.
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Prof Ian Boyd, Chief Scientific Advisor, Defra “A Government Perspective on Resource Recovery from Waste
David Fatscher, British Standards Institution, talking about the first global circular business model standard BS8001
Prof Jan Jonker, Radboud University. “Circular Economy: the quest for a changing focus in value creation in industry and government”.
Prof Phil Purnell, University of Leeds. Making the business case for Circular Economy infrastructure.
Libby Peake, Green Alliance, to talk on the UK Circular Economy strategy after Brexit
Specialist sessions to include:
Creating value from wastes in the bioeconomy
Recovering materials from mine legacy landfill
New sustainability assessments and models
For further details, including a preliminary schedule, please see visit the event webpage.
If you have any questions relating to this meeting, please contact Juliet Jopson (s.j.jopson@leeds.ac.uk Tel 0113 3432325).