50% of items taken to the tip can be re-used with little or no financial investment.

I organised an event on the subject of reuse, repair, Household Waste Recycling Centres and "Bulky Waste" last week,

The event went very well. The speakers were varied and all interested in a different aspect of reuse or repair.

My vision is to make it easier for the householder to reuse or repair an item locally, than it is to get a Bulky Waste Collection or take it to the tip. So I was keen to explore all the niggly issues that can stop this.

Below you can find all of the speaker's papers. I would like to thank all of the speakers for their insight as well as the Chair, Jeff Moffit from Gateshead MBC and Sunderland City Council for hosting. Together I thnk we made for a great event which the 28 attendees appriciated- and that I hope we can develop something which has high social impact and lowers wasted disposal costs for LAs.

A couple of comments from attendees

"We have the need, we have the skills - it's not an impossibility. It's time to get together and make a difference."

" It was one of the best events I have attended over a long period of time."

"There have been few things that have excited me quite as much as the ideas and opportunities discussed by those at the Bulky "Opportunity" Event.

PRESENTATIONS:

Jenny Robinson WRAP

BWC and HWRC Practices from across the UK

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47360674/FGH/Presentation%202%20Sunderland%20Bulky%20Waste%20ppt%20RR.ppt

 

Daniel O’Connor founder of   WARPit reuse network

Benefits and capacity for online exchange;

http://prezi.com/qp5ebpzevuic/a-summary-of-the-online-exchange-potential-impact-by-wrap/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=landing_share

  

Jenny Robinson WRAP

Study into the re-use potential of household bulky waste. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47360674/FGH/jenny%20Re-use%20Potential%20of%20Bulky%20Waste%20(2).ppt

 

Andrew Stephenson. Senior Trading Standards Officer Sunderland CC

Trading implications of online exchange;

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47360674/FGH/ANDREW%20Warp-IT.ppt

 

Esther Kiddle Solicitor, Women in Waste

Discusses the issue of waste definition and  reuse liability in online exchanges;

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47360674/FGH/ESTHER%20Warp-It%20November%202012.ppt

 

[If any female waste or sustainability managers are reading this I would advise to join Women in Waste for free.] 

 

Daniel O’Connor founder of WARPit 

Householder exchange system to maximise reuse and repair- proposal

For a outline of this proposal please email.

 

ADDITIONALLY Ian Dales from the White Goods Trading Association gave an more traditional talk,  with only a broken washing machinas a presentation aid! The presentation highlighted the fact that there are a network of local repairers who would glady take a proportion of the goods presented at the HWRC.