09.00 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING

SESSION ONE: THE BIG PICTURE 

09.45  WELCOME 

            Carole Taylor, Chair, LARAC 

09.50  LARAC OPENING ADDRESS 

   Carole Taylor, Chair, LARAC 

10.10  THE CONSULTATION RESPONSES AND NEXT STEPS

           Chris Preston, Deputy Director, Defra

10.30  EXTERNAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS 

           Denise Matthewson, UK Technical Packaging Manager, Tesco 

10.50  QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

11.10   TEA, COFFEE & NETWORKING

SESSION TWO: A POST-COVID WORLD

11.40  COMMUNICATIONS: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE PANDEMIC
            Claire Munro, Communications Workstream Lead, Zero Waste Scotland

11.55  SERVICE DELIVERY 
            Roger Edwards, Managing Director, Municipal, Biffa 

12.10  THE RESOURCE INDUSTRY IN 2040
            William Maxwell, Waste and Recycling Project Manager, South Oxfordshire District Council & Vale                  of White Horse District Council

12.25  QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

12.45  LUNCH & NETWORKING

12.45  AGM FOR LARAC MEMBERS 

SESSION THREE: PANEL DEBATE

14.00   WILL THE RESOURCES AND WASTE STRATEGY DELIVER?

    Chair: Dan Roberts, Waste and Recycling Team Manager, South Staffordshire Council (LARAC)

Alison Bramfitt, Group Packaging Manager, Nestle and Advisory Committee on Packaging 

Kevin Vyse, Head of Technical, Rapuk (Ex M&S) 

Barry Gardiner MP, Environmental Audit Committee

Emma Beal, Chair, NAWDO 

15.00  TEA, COFFEE & NETWORKING

SESSION FOUR: LOCAL AUTHORITY CASE STUDIES 

15.30     RESTRICTING RESIDUAL: CARBON IMPACTS AND KERBSIDE DRS

               Jim Espley, Waste Manager, Conwy Council ​

15.45      CARBON PLANS

       Dominic Millen, Head of Climate Action and Sustainability, Enfield Council​

16.00     REUSE FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES 

       Cat Fletcher, Director, Freegle 

16.15     QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

16.25     CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS