Waste Expo Australia

03 to 04 Oct '18
9:00am to 5:00pm (GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf VIC 3006

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Infrastructure & Utilities
Clean Energy & Climate Change

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Waste Expo Australia which will feature the most comprehensive free-to-attend conference program for the waste management and resource recovery sectors. The 3 conferences Waste Summit, Waste Evolution and Wastewater Summit will showcase over 35 sessions and 55 speakers over 2 days. You will have the ability to hear from council representatives from across Australia, waste management contractors, government and key industry representatives who will share their insights across five main themes including; landfill and transfer stations, collections, watse to energy, resource recovery and wastewater. Waste Expo Australia will be where the industry comes together to collaborate, learn and discuss what is next for waste management and resource recovery in Australia.

Key Themes & Topics

The WASTE SUMMIT stage will discuss topics including: - Panel Discussion: Government and policy initiatives driving the waste management industry - Case Study: Overarching infrastructure planning initiatives in Toowoomba – the connection between landfill sites, transfer stations and site rehabilitation. - Waste management site transformation best practice. - Panel discussion and Q&A – Innovation and Excellence in landfill management through technology and operational approaches. - Have we finally reached the Waste to Energy (WtE) tipping point? - Financing consideration in waste to energy projects. - Waste to Energy from an overseas and local context. - Case Study – Kwinana Waste to Energy Project. - Panel discussion: Waste to energy in a circular economy. - A national roadmap for a circular economy – key updates. - Collaborating for Waste – How we move forward. - Panel discussion: Improving the recyclability of packaging and how the will relate and dispose of packaging through the new packaging Recycling Label Program Tool. - Clean Energy from Landfill Diversion - The Netherlands: Small Country, Big in Waste. - CDS and China's National Sword. - Panel Discussion: National and Victorian e-waste initiatives and policies and new advanced technologies. - Success stories of circular economy abroad and how these can be applied in the Australian context. - Maximising the Recycling and Recovery of Kerbside Collected Hard Waste and Dry Commercial Waste. - Organics and Food recycling updates. - Council Best Practice and Innovation: Collection best practices and key innovations from City Councils across Australia. - FOGO trial results by City of Warnambool. - Commercial Business Organic Food Waste Collection. - Increasing food content in FOGO bins - Why food content in general waste remains high and how to increase diversion. The WASTEWATER SUMMIT Stage will discuss topics including: - How to attract funding and support from ARENA - Environment offsets opportunity to lower infrastructure costs to sewerage services. - Understanding the impact Victoria’s Emissions Reduction Policy will have on water corporations and utilities. - Panel discussion: Effectively achieving the obligations within the Emission Reduction policy. - How South East Water is effectively reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. - Convergence of the water & waste sectors: risks, opportunities & future trends. - ‘Internet of Sewers’ using IoT to improve efficiency and safety of wastewater assets. - Upgrading anaerobic sludge digestion capacity at the Eastern Treatment Plant. - Harnessing the power of poo: pig waste become electricity. - Panel discussion: What role could wastewater recycling play in addressing a water crisis? - Using nanotechnology to cost-effectively test wastewater treatment assets. - Nutrient recovery from wastewater utilising biological and electro-chemical recovery processes. - The future of wastewater compliance. The WASTE EVOLUTION Stage will discuss topics including: - From UK to Australia: Best Value Organics Systems - The enrich360™Sustainability Program: a circular approach to restaurant food waste disposal, helping grow better, more nutritious produce. - Reducing and repurposing your food waste for the benefit of the environment. - FABCOM Piccolo FOGO composting system - Simply Cups - a circular economy solution for coffee cups.