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Make Money Not Waste - Business Resource Efficiency for Somerset

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM (GMT)

Somerset, United Kingdom

Make Money Not Waste - Business Resource Efficiency for...

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Resource efficient? - Can your business afford not to be?

With overheads rising all the time every business needs to find ways to save money and give themselves and edge in these tough economic times.  This event aims to give businesses practical solutions to their problems and each delegate should leave with several low cost or no cost ways to make their business leaner and greener.

"Green is the new black" as they say and good environmental credentials are a great marketing tool that could help you win new business. 

Keynote speaker: Dr Simon Forsyth DipEM

Simon stumbled into environmental management in 1989 by offering to look after a paper-recycling bin. After that, things ran out of control. He set up the Green Teams at Hewlett Packard in Bristol, became a full-time environmental specialist and ISO14001 auditor, ran a small consultancy, helped deliver the Southwest-wide Envision programme, established a number of Resource Efficiency Clubs, and now focuses on the linkages between carbon management, Environmental Management Systems, and cost-carbon saving through resource efficiency. 

 

 Agenda

07.00hrs:

Registration/Breakfast

07.45hrs:

Welcome and opening address - Helen Ridler, Business Recycling Advisor for Somerset

08.00hrs:

Alister Wintle, Environment Agency waste specialist will give an overview of the principal environmental legislation affecting businesses. + Question & Answer session 

08:20hrs:

“Reducing Waste and Saving Money” Dr Simon Forsyth DipEM – how better waste management practices and improved resource efficiency can save your business money, improve your environmental credentials and attract new business. + Question & Answer session

09.05hrs:

Feedback Session/Meet the Contractors – a chance to have your say about the waste services you need.  Service providers will be on hand to answer your queries and discuss your requirements.

09.15hrs:

Concluding remarks

09.20hrs:

Networking opportunity

10.00hrs:

Close

For further information or to pre-book by telephone, post, fax or e-mail contact: 

Helen Ridler at Somerset Waste Partnership

Monmouth House

Blackbrook Park Avenue

Taunton

TA1 2PX

E-mail: Helen.ridler@somersetwaste.gov.uk

Tel: 01823 625709  or  Fax: 01823 625711

 

Please note: pre-booking is not required for this event but is particularly recommended if you have any special dietary or access requirements.

Joining Instructions: If you do pre-book for this event you will receive a "ticket" via e-mail as a confirmation of your booking. However it is not neccessary to bring this with you on the day. 

Parking: there is a pay and display carpark at the college, £1 for the day.  Delegates will also require a Visistors Permit, available from the conference centre reception, which must be displayed in their car along with the pay and display ticket.

 

 

 

 

 

When & Where



Taunton Conference Centre
Somerset College of Arts & Technology
Wellington Road, Taunton
TA1 5AX Somerset
United Kingdom

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM (GMT)


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Somerset Waste Partnership



Somerset Waste Partnership is the agency that deals with the collection and disposal of household waste in Somerset.  www.somersetwaste.gov.uk

The recently appointed a Business Recycling Advisor is helping Somerset businesses to be more resource efficient and adopt better waste management practices.  This role also involves being an impartial conduit for information between the business community and the waste management industry to engender improvements in service provision.

More business waste and recycling information can be found at: http://www.somersetwaste.gov.uk/pages/ tradewaste_search.asp