Session 1
Issues preventing ‘closing the loop’
- Raw material
- Specification
- How can it be used
- Very difficult!
- What does the market want
- Research
- New role as suppliers
- new skills!
- Limited markets
- Public perception
- Procurement policy – spec
- More joined up thinking
- Government policy
- Attitudes changing
- Product design
- Economic instruments?
Session 2
What can we do locally in c 10 years?
- Get started
- Bring people together
- LAs
- SMEs
- Specialists required
- Zero waste
- Build networks
- Explore finance options
- Facilitate
- Business environmental forums
- Create local/diverse markets
- Use legislation
- Education
- Move to mainstream
- New vision
- Resource not waste
- Away from traditional values
Session 3
Three solutions
GLASS
- Reuse/refill
- Standard products/colour
- Replace with plastic
- Aggregates – developed
- Use as base – build upon to get to get higher value
- Shotblasting
- Decorative wares
- Partnership with reprocessor
- Ongoing research and development
- Persil
