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DAY ONE

PROGRAMME

09.00 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING
SESSION ONE
09.45  WELCOME 
            Cathy Cook, Chair, LARAC 
09.50  LARAC OPENING ADDRESS 
            Cathy Cook, Chair, LARAC 
10.10  DEFRA ADDRESS 
            Linda Crichton, Team Leader, Packaging Producer Responsibility, Defra
10.30  INDUSTRY KEYNOTE ADDRESS 
            Chris Mills, Special Adviser for Collections and Recycling, WRAP 
10.50  QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
11.10   TEA, COFFEE & NETWORKING
SESSION TWO 
11.40  EXTENDER PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
            Margaret Bates, Managing Director, OPRL 
11.55  DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEMES
            Simon Baddeley, Major Projects Director, Biffa 
12.10  PLASTIC FILM – CONSISTENCY       
            Gareth Morton, Discovery Manager – Operations, Flexible Plastic Fund
12.25  QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
12.45  LUNCH & NETWORKING
12.45  AGM FOR LARAC MEMBERS 
SESSION THREE: INDUSTRY FOCUS SESSION 
14.00     PACKAGING RECYCLING PERFORMANCE - ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER
               Paul Vanston, CEO, Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN) 
14.15     FOOD MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE 
               David Bellamy, Head of Environmental Policy, Food and Drink Federation
14.30    RETAILER PERSPECTIVE
                 Robert Thompson, Packaging Manager, Co-op
14.45     QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
15.00     TEA, COFFEE & NETWORKING
SESSION FOUR: LOCAL AUTHORITY SEMINARS
15.30     WASTE MINIMISATION SEMINAR 
                 Chair: Jo Oliver, Head of Waste Management and Fleet Services, Tameside MBC
               Bex Trevalyan, Co-founder, Library of Things
               Victoria Bond, Assistant Regional Waste Co-ordinator, Resource Efficiency Wales
15.30  ​  LITTER PREVENTION SEMINAR 
               Chair: Andrew Bird, Service Director - Sustainable Environment, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
                David Landsberg, Founder & CEO, LitterLotto® 
              Lorna Jackson, Research and Innovation Manager, Keep Britain Tidy 
15.30     FOOD WASTE SEMINAR 
               Chair: Dr Wendy Fail, Senior Waste Management Officer, Northumberland County Council
               Dr Wendy Fail, Senior Waste Management Officer, Northumberland County Council
               Chris Huhne, Chair, ADBA
15.30     CONTAMINATION SEMINAR 
               Chair: Elly Attwood, Waste and Cleansing Manager, West Northamptonshire Council
               Katy Fulton, Interim Director, Bryson Recycling
               Amy Casey, Advisor – Local Authority Support, ReLondon
BONUS SESSION FIVE: Optimising Resource Management
16.30     Optimising Resource Management: Collaboration between Waste Industry and Local  
                Authorities
                 Barbara Leach, Fees and Payments Calculator Delivery Lead, Department for Environment, Food                   & Rural Affairs
                    
                    BOOK ONTO THIS SESSION 
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