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• Presidential Podcast | episode 1 – Consumerism and waste

The CIWM Presidential Team are often seen individually on the seminar circuit and at CIWM Centre events, but rarely do they come together as a group to debate and discuss their views on important topics. Our new Presidential Podcast provides a unique opportunity to get to know our Presidential Team and hear what they have to say on a variety of topical issues, approached from a range of diverse backgrounds and experiences. In a series of four episodes, they will discuss a variety of topics, exploring the future needs of the sector and how the sector can progress and influence the environmental agenda.

Host: Claire Poole, Professional Development Manager at CIWM

Presidential Team:

  • Trevor Nicoll, President
  • Enda Kiernan, Immediate Past President
  • Dr Adam Read, Senior Vice President
  • Dr Anna Willetts, Junior Vice President
  • Dan Cooke, Junior Vice President Elect

Join in the conversation, add your comments and ask your questions on Connect.

Episode 1: Consumerism and waste

The recent Policy Connect publication ‘No time to waste: Resources, Recovery and the Road to Net-Zero’, stated that ‘even if the UK meets its 2035 recycling targets, there will continue to be large volumes of residual waste produced long into the future’.

We have the Welsh – one planet living, Ireland’s National waste prevention programme, Scotland’s Making Things Last strategy and England’s The Resources and Waste Strategy (2018) and the 25 Year Environment Plan (2018). They all outline the need to preserve materials and resources by minimising waste, promote resource efficiency and move towards a circular economy.

And yet, even following the ‘Blue Planet Effect’, volumes and composition of waste has altered little. And lately, during the Covid pandemic it has been reported that some waste streams have increased e.g. cardboard due to online shopping and single use items. So, how do we reduce our waste?

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