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Zero Waste Summit 2011 SPECIAL OFFER

Kim — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Zero Waste Summit 2011

Zero Waste Summit - Updated Web Listing for Zero Waste Australia

Zero Waste Australia is proud to be hosting the 3^rd annual Zero Waste Summit 2011, taking place in Melbourne from August 15^th – 17^th.

7 reasons to attend:

o Gain perspectives on strategies to minimise food waste and organics in the waste stream

o Improve education and engagement strategies to change behaviours in the community and improve recycling rates

o Evaluate waste-to-energy technologies and hear how they have been applied effectively overseas

o Hear examples of effective e-waste schemes and updates on progress to implement Australian product stewardship legislation

o Work towards complex challenges such as improving recycling rates in the C&I waste sector

o Understand the implications the carbon will have on the waste sector and identify opportunities in gas capture and avoidance technologies

Over 30 speakers including 3 international presenters:

· The Hon. Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water
Australian Government

· Greg Moore, Chair of the Waste management Committee, Metro Vancouver

· Ian Harvey, Manager, Strategy and Programs, Zero Waste SA

· Rob Millard, CEO, Metropolitan Waste Management Group

Zero Waste Australia Members and Friends SAVE $300 off the price of registration.

Register before the 12^th August and pay only

$995 incl. GST for 2 days

$1,595 incl. GST for 3 days

PLEASE USE the code ZWA at time of registration to take advantage of this offer.

For full information and to book, please visit: www.acevents.com.au/zerowaste2011

Gaining Zero Waste Australia (ZWA) Certification – Source separation of organic waste in commercial enterprises

Kim — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:12:15 -0400

17th August 2011. 1:30-5:00 – Workshop B

Gaining Zero Waste Australia (ZWA) Certification – Source separation of organic waste in commercial enterprises

ZWA has developed its own unique quality
standard for the source separation and collection of organic (green)
waste that will be used in producing carbon rich compost for farms and
other agricultural enterprises.

Once a company has successfully implemented the
ZWA quality program (certified via the ZWA auditing process), it will
be accredited accordingly, able to use the ZWA logo on its corporate
documentation and more importantly, play a vital part in reducing the
amount of green waste going into landfill. In most cases, landfill
costs will also be reduced.

Who should participate?

Any commercial food business: Food
manufacturers, takeaway operators, hotels & clubs, food retailers,
restaurants and cafes, supermarkets and fruit & vegetable traders.

Gaining ZWA certification

This comes in two parts:
1. Attending a ZWA training program
2. Having your ZWA quality program audited on-site (at your premises)

The ZWA training program

This training program will be presented
exclusively by National Training Institute and in line with training
program conventions, an assessment component is included as part of the
training program. Successfully passing this assessment will allow the
participant to prepare and implement the ZWA Quality Program in their
organisation.

Agenda:

1. Developing Procedures:

Determining what green waste is produced and where
Separating and storing the green waste
Ensuring traceability for the composting centre

2. Specifications:

Checking against ZWA requirements
Measurement of waste where applicable

3. Equipment:

What may be needed?
Maintenance: ensuring continuity of operations
Minimising OH&S risks

4. OH&S:

Amending current OH&S plan
Training staff on OH&S risks and procedures

5. Monitoring:

What needs to be checked?
Documentation: making sure due diligence is followed
Training on documentation

6. Verification activities:

Documentation and following up on the process
Internal audits: checking to make sure documentation is followed
Complying with external audits

7. Assessments and Q&A

Next Steps:

Now that you have participated (successfully) in
the ZWA training program, you can begin preparing the ZWA Quality
Program for your organisation. During this process, assistance can be
obtained through the National Training Institute.

Once you have implemented the ZWA Quality
Program (Source Separation & Collection of Green Waste), contact
either ZWA or National Training Institute, who will arrange to have
your ZWA Quality Program audited.

Facilitated by:
Kim Russell
Director
Zero Waste Australia

Independent Evaluation of the Groundswell project is now available from the groundswell Blogspot.

Kim — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:06:41 -0400

The independent evaluation of the Groundswell project is now available from SCRIBD.
To download this and other Groundswell reports you will need to create a scribd account (very easy) or use your facebook log in.

City to Soil & Groundswell: A workshop for councils

Kim — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:58:59 -0400

17th August 2011 9:00-12:30 - Workshop A

City to Soil & Groundswell: A workshop for councils

An interactive workshop for councils interested in diverting food scraps and garden waste from the waste stream using the City to Soil collection system and the Groundswell composting process. The Groundswell project set out to tackle the problems created by organic waste in landfill by turning it into a solution for agricultural soils.

With increasing pressure to divert more organic material from landfill, the success of City to Soil in engaging the whole community in delivering quality product for use in agriculture means both increased savings and increased value for councils.

Who should participate?

Waste managers, waste staff, waste educators, composters, Councillors, farmers with an interest in the Groundswell composting process and urban organics as an agricultural input, people with an interest in urban sustainability, food security and closing the loop.

Agenda:

Part 1 - City to Soil

City to Soil - an overview
Economic modelling - How will City to Soil pay for itself?
Integrating City to Soil collections into the existing waste system
- Options for reconfiguration
- How frequent should City to Soil collections be?
Whole of town or staged roll-out?
Adding City to Soil to an existing green waste collection
- Opportunities for rebranding & reducing contamination
The Groundswell community engagement strategy
- Designing for compliance, designing OUT non-compliance
- The right tools, right information & right motivation
- Prizes
- Addressing barriers to participation and compliance
- Managing contamination
Suggested steps in the roll-out of City to Soil

Part 2 - The Groundswell Composting Process

Groundswell composting process - an overview
Site selection, plant & equipment, process control and monitoring
Regulations, compost standards & compliance
Sales - by tender, by truck, by the metre, by the litre

Facilitated by:
Simone Dilkara
Independent Consultant and Former Groundswell Project Manager

Groundswell

Kim — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:23:01 -0400

The Groundswell project set out to tackle the problems created by organic waste in landfill by turning it into a solution for agricultural soils.

Through a partnership between Goulburn Mulwaree, Palerang, Lachlan and Queanbeyan City Councils the project tested the viability of the City to Soil collection service and its capacity to engage communities to become part of the solution.

By taking the story all the way back to the farm, City to Soil shows us how we can "close the loop" on the nutrient cycle in a very practical way.

This project has now finished. For more information about Groundswell, visit www.groundswellproject.blogspot.com.

For more information contact Gerry Gillespie on (02) 6229 7135.

Zero Waste Summit Location and further information

Kim — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:30:58 -0400

Sponsorship and other enquiries

Call Jon Treherne 02 8908 8506 or email Jon on

jon@acevents.com.au

Venue and accommodation

Venue: Melbourne Park Function Centre
Address: 10 Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne VIC 3000
T: (03) 9286 1600

Official accommodation and travel partner: Corporate Traveller
Sam Rowe
Travel Manager
P: +61 2 8121 2020
F: +61 2 8121 2019
E: Sam.Rowe@corporatetraveller.com.au

City To Soil Video now available on Youtube

Kim — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Follow the Groundswell link in our projects tab or click here to view the City to Soil Video... Copy this link into your server

http://www.youtube.com/user/CitytoSoil

Zero Waste Summit - 15-17 August 2011

Kim — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:51:15 -0400

Returning for the third year, the Zero Waste Summit 2011 is to be held in Melbourne from August 15th-17th. With about 200 attendees in 2010, this year’s conference aims to be bigger and better than ever.

The Summit attracts key decision makers from local, state and federal government, waste management companies, recyclers, environmental and industry associations, waste sector consultants and waste generators. The representation of attendees from across industry will provide the ideal platform to discuss one of the key themes of the conference – collaboration and community engagement.

The first day of the conference will look at regulatory updates for the waste sector at the federal level and strategies to reduce the amount of waste ending up in landfill, with a focus on minimising organics in the waste stream and product stewardship. The second day will look at progress towards state and territory waste targets around Australia, waste-to-energy technologies, infrastructure and AWT updates, and how to improve recycling and waste minimisation targets in the commercial and industrial sector.

Among the highlights of conference will be extra panel sessions for increased interactivity and presentations from international speakers. By attending you will hear about waste-to-energy developments in the UK, a policy to ban compostable organics in Vancouver landfills by 2015, and the results of a life-cycle analysis from the US on composting and the use of compost.

COOL - Co-operating on Organics Out of Landfill

Kim — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:32:16 -0400

This is an exciting project to be anounced at the Zero Waste Summit.

Zero Waste Australia Workshops at the Zero Waste Summit on the 15-17th August 2011

Kim — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:17:35 -0400

City to Soil & Groundswell: A workshop for councils

Who should participate?

Agenda:

Part 1 - City to Soil

City to Soil - an overview
Economic modelling - How will City to Soil pay for itself?
Integrating City to Soil collections into the existing waste system
- Options for reconfiguration
- How frequent should City to Soil collections be?
Whole of town or staged roll-out?
Adding City to Soil to an existing green waste collection
- Opportunities for rebranding & reducing contamination
The Groundswell community engagement strategy
- Designing for compliance, designing OUT non-compliance
- The right tools, right information & right motivation
- Prizes
- Addressing barriers to participation and compliance
- Managing contamination
Suggested steps in the roll-out of City to Soil

Part 2 - The Groundswell Composting Process

Groundswell composting process - an overview
Site selection, plant & equipment, process control and monitoring
Regulations, compost standards & compliance
Sales - by tender, by truck, by the metre, by the litre

Facilitated by:
Simone Dilkara
Independent Consultant and Former Groundswell Project Manager

1:30-5:00 – Workshop B

Gaining Zero Waste Australia (ZWA) Certification – Source separation of organic waste in commercial enterprises

ZWA has developed its own unique quality standard for the source separation and collection of organic (green) waste that will be used in producing carbon rich compost for farms and other agricultural enterprises.

Once a company has successfully implemented the ZWA quality program (certified via the ZWA auditing process), it will be accredited accordingly, able to use the ZWA logo on its corporate documentation and more importantly, play a vital part in reducing the amount of green waste going into landfill. In most cases, landfill costs will also be reduced.

Who should participate?

Any commercial food business: Food manufacturers, takeaway operators, hotels & clubs, food retailers, restaurants and cafes, supermarkets and fruit & vegetable traders.

Gaining ZWA certification

This comes in two parts:
1. Attending a ZWA training program
2. Having your ZWA quality program audited on-site (at your premises)

The ZWA training program

This training program will be presented exclusively by National Training Institute and in line with training program conventions, an assessment component is included as part of the training program. Successfully passing this assessment will allow the participant to prepare and implement the ZWA Quality Program in their organisation.

Agenda:

1. Developing Procedures:

Determining what green waste is produced and where
Separating and storing the green waste
Ensuring traceability for the composting centre

2. Specifications:

Checking against ZWA requirements
Measurement of waste where applicable

3. Equipment:

What may be needed?
Maintenance: ensuring continuity of operations
Minimising OH&S risks

4. OH&S:

Amending current OH&S plan
Training staff on OH&S risks and procedures

5. Monitoring:

What needs to be checked?
Documentation: making sure due diligence is followed
Training on documentation

6. Verification activities:

Documentation and following up on the process
Internal audits: checking to make sure documentation is followed
Complying with external audits

7. Assessments and Q&A

Next Steps:

Now that you have participated (successfully) in the ZWA training program, you can begin preparing the ZWA Quality Program for your organisation. During this process, assistance can be obtained through the National Training Institute.

Once you have implemented the ZWA Quality Program (Source Separation & Collection of Green Waste), contact either ZWA or National Training Institute, who will arrange to have your ZWA Quality Program audited.

Facilitated by:
Kim Russell
Director
Zero Waste Australia

International Year of Chemistry-

Kim — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:09:37 -0400

BASF were sponsors of our Zero Waste Summit last year and are corporate members of Zero Waste Australia and have also partnered with ZWA in a COOL project. Cooperating on Organics Out of Landfill. As a chemical company some would ask why an environmental organisation would be associated with the worlds biggest chemical company. The reason is ZWA's determined interest in diverting organic waste from Landfill and a key to that is the compostible polymers used to make organic waste bags which are a critical part of source separating organic waste. BASF have again agreed to sponsor our conference to be held from the 15th to the 17th of August 2011. In the mean time I thought it would be good to show a lonk to the international year of chemistry.

For more follow these links

www.basf.com.au

http://iyc2011.org.au/about-the-iyc-australia.html

Zimbabwe bike project to help workers.

Kim — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:19:44 -0400

Donating your old bike to Revolve could mean a life-changing experience for a family in Zimbabwe, according to Zero Waste Australia Executive Officer, Kim Russell.

"We are partnering with Revolve to transport bikes donated by the Canberra regional community to families in Zimbabwe: said Mr Russell. "Many people in Zimbabwe who still have work, have a hard time paying to get to work with the rising costs of transport. Some of them are walking up to 20 miles a day to get to their job because they can no longer afford the inflationary cost of bus fare".

"A bike can change all that." said Mr Russell. "We are also looking to groups such as Service Clubs and Men's sheds to help us build small trailers and cages so that people can carry goods on their donated bikes as well" he added.

The Zimbabwe connection came about through Zero Wastes international connections and the family relationship between Kim Russell and cousin, Jim Holland who is the husband of Special Minister of State for Zimbabwe, Sekai Hove who is supporting the project.

"We really do appreciate the project and feel that the provision of bicycles will make a gret difference to people who cannot afford the expensive trips to and from their workplace" said Mr Holland.

"Our organisation, the Zimbabwe 3rd Millennium Foundation Trust, is registered as a trust. We will get the bikes into Zimbabwe with the help of the Association of Women's Clubs (AWC). They will get the bikes through customs and have plenty of storage space." he added.

Mr Holland is working on a program of distribution and accountability. He will be prioritising the people most in need and making arrangements for a maintenance program for the bicycles.

It is hoped to develop a "Register of Need". Once this is established, specific bikes and materials could be targeted to a given region or a particular family.

New Story

Kim — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:34:48 -0400

ABC Australian Story "Back to Earth"

Kim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:54:29 -0400

Finally after 18 months, here is my story! Please let people in your network know. If you miss Monday's edition you can watch a repeat on ABC or watch the full program on the ABC Australian Story page. On that internet page there will also be a gallery of interviews & photo's after the show I'm told. After the show you can enter comments in the Guestbook and react to statements by others. What is the future of Biological Farming? How do we get healthy food production systems? How do we get carbon in the soil? Do we need GM?

ABC Australian Story "Back to Earth" on Monday 1 June 2009 at 8.00 pm (EST) and repeated on Saturday 6 June at 12.30 pm; also on ABC2: Tuesday 2 June at 8.00pm.

Watch a preview: http://www.abc.net.au/austory/default.htm

Dr Maarten Stapper is a man with some fascinating ideas on how to manage our land better.

He is unconventional, stubborn and difficult. Not even a near-fatal car accident could slow him down in his mission to feed the world using less chemicals.

As an advocate for biological farming, Dr Stapper has paid a high price for promoting a greener, cleaner way to grow food. Originally a CSIRO scientist, he left when it became clear his views on biological farming were incompatible with his employer.

Today, he travels the country to educate farmers on how to use less chemicals in their soil and on their crops.

Saudi prince develops ‘date detox’ in Belfast

Kim — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:08:54 -0500

Deserts could soon be irrigated with date stones under a process developed by a Saudi royal studying at Queen’s University Belfast.

Prince Abdulrahman Bandar Al-Saud has found a novel use for the millions of date stones that are thrown away in his country each year, devising a method of using the carbon-rich seeds to purify waste water and industrial effluent.

The nephew of King Abdullah worked on the system as part of his PhD study at Queen’s school of chemistry and chemical engineering.

For more click here.