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It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this for 25 years, and to celebrate the progress our industry has made in this time, our theme for the 25th annual WastemINZ Conference is ‘Focus on the Future’.

New Zealand is a leader in many areas; however, it’s fair to say that when it comes to waste and resource recovery we tend to follow the rest of the world. so, we want to know…

• What do the next 20 years hold?

• Will we forge ahead?

• Will we learn from the challenges experienced overseas?

• What will our sector look like in 2033?

I’m sure you will agree these are all incredibly important questions and we are going to do our very best to answer them, at what we believe will be our very best and most comprehensive conference ever.

as always, the conference will provide opportunities for all those working in the waste and resource recovery sector to showcase and share their achievements and to build the strong relationships which underpin success in our industry.

so we encourage you to join us in rotorua and immerse yourself in the most topical issues facing our sector, expand your networks and business opportunities and share your vision for our future.

paul, Carole, CJ, Jenny and NicThe WastemINZ team

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featUre speakers

Dr Liz Goodwin is a chemist by

background and has a phd in chemical

physics. Liz became Ceo at Wrap in 2007

and has worked for the organisation since

its early days, joining in 2001 as the first

director of materials programme. since

taking over as Ceo, the profile of Wrap

and the issues of resource efficiency,

waste and recycling have increased

significantly. In all of Wrap’s work, Liz

seeks to ensure that there is a business

case which will help ensure longer term

viability and sustainability.

Steve Tighe is a compelling

speaker on the future and innovation. he

is recognised for his thought-provoking

observations on today’s society, and his

ability to express key insights about the

future in an engaging and entertaining

fashion. a practising futurist, steve is the

former Foresight manager at Foster’s

and has worked with some of the world’s

leading companies, looking at the future

of their industry and the opportunities for

their business.

Lawrence Yule is the president

of Local government New Zealand.

previously, he represented the provincial

sector on the National Council. he has

been mayor of hastings district since

2001 where he also won the honour of

being hastings district’s youngest-ever

mayor. he continues to be at the forefront

of not only district, but regional initiatives.

Lawrence has particular interests in

transport, water and waste water issues.

he was recently made a Fellow of the

Institute of professional engineers NZ.

Mai Chen is a founding partner of

Chen palmer, New Zealand public Law

specialists, Barristers and solicitors.

mai is the bestselling author of the

public Law Toolbox, and is an adjunct

professor in Commercial and public Law

at the university of auckland Business

school and is recognised as an expert in

managing government and regulatory risk

for business.

Bernard Hickey is a leading

financial and political journalist and

editor with over 18 years’ experience

which includes roles with reuters, the

Financial Times group and Fairfax media

in Wellington, Canberra, sydney, London

and singapore. he is a commentator on

financial, economic and political issues,

regularly appearing on radio, television

and in the herald on sunday.

Nigel Latta is a registered clinical

psychologist, author and star of TV’s ‘The

politically Incorrect guide to…’. Nigel has

a gift for blending real world pragmatism,

with the very latest in psychological

research, and humour in an engaging

and thought provoking manner that has

relevance to a wide range of sectors.

Adam Johnson has worked in the

waste industry for over 15 years. This

includes roles as the director Waste

services for the eastern metropolitan

regional Council and then as Chief

executive officer for the Western

metropolitan regional Council in perth.

adam is now running his own business,

garbologie. adam blogs extensively on

the future of waste and is involved in

mattress recycling and the development

of a tip/shop.

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Mike Cosman was a member of

the Independent Taskforce on Workplace

health and safety, which found that New

Zealand’s current health and safety system

is not fit for purpose. mike has worked in

the health and safety field for 33 years both

in New Zealand and internationally. This

includes 25 with the hse (uK) and three

years with the department of Labour as

National operations manager and Chief

advisor. he is managing director of Impac

services and works as a consultant in the

private sector.

James Winchester is a

Wellington-based partner in simpson

grierson’s local government and

environment group. his primary area

of practice is advising on resource

management and environmental law,

with a particular focus on energy,

utilities, and infrastructure projects. he

has extensive advocacy experience and

has presented numerous papers and

seminars on resource management and

environmental matters. James also has

expertise in subdivision, roading, historic

places, contaminated sites, environmental

enforcement, and public works issues.

PROFESSOR ALEXANDER GILLESPIE is known internationally for his

work on environmental law. he was the first

New Zealander to be named rapporteur for

the World heritage Convention, involving

international environmental diplomacy.

he has advised the ministry of Foreign

affairs and Trade and the department of

Conservation on legal and policy matters,

and provides commissioned work for

the united Nations, the Commonwealth

secretariat, and commercial and non-

governmental organisations in New

Zealand, australia, united states, united

Kingdom and switzerland.

ross mcfarland is a an australian

accredited site auditor with more than

30 years local, national and international

experience, focused on risk-based

contaminated sites management. he

was directly involved in the 1999 and

2013 assessment of site Contamination

National environment protection measure

(asC Nepm). he maintains a professional

and personal interest in military site

assessment and remediation, former

gasworks, asbestos in soil and nuclear

test site remediation.

Ann Andrews is an international

speaker and human resources consultant.

For the past 25 years, ann has worked

with some of the largest organisations

in NZ, showing them how to set up high

performing teams and achieve results

they had only dared dream of. she is a

regular speaker at conferences, where

she brings a humorous, interactive and

thought provoking approach. ann will be

delivering a humorous health and safety

address called WarNINg! unsafe acts

Can Cause major headaches!

Rod Oram will be facilitating the

workshop on “a vision for a sustainable

New Zealand in 2050”. rod is one of New

Zealand’s premiere business journalists

with more than 30 years of international

experience. he is currently a columnist

for the sunday star Times; a regular

broadcaster on radio and television

and a frequent speaker on business,

economics, innovation, creativity and

entrepreneurship in both New Zealand and

global contexts.

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site toUr + ta forUM

For those of you keen to get out in the field and share learnings from and with your peers, the WastemINZ site tour and Ta Forum offer a great experience and have become a staple of the conference line-up. The site tours are held outside the main conference programme so that they don’t clash with the core content line-up and early registration is a must. Be prepared to wear personal protective equipment (ppe), sensible clothes and closed-in shoes.

An additional charge applies for the site tours and TA Forum.

resoUrce recovery site toUr

Monday 21 October: 9.45am – 12.45pm

resource recovery site tour of Transpacific Industries’ new purpose built rotorua transfer station, followed by a tour of scion’s biotransformation facilities including a look at bio-plastics and biodegradation testing. Bus departs from energy events Centre at 10am sharp and returns at 12.45pm. Lunch included.

ta forUM: enerGy events centre

Monday 21 October: 1.30pm – 5.15pm

The forum is exclusively for WastemINZ Territorial authority members, no other members may attend. The forum provides the ideal opportunity for territorial authorities to share knowledge and good practice to inform decision making. The ministry for the environment will also be providing updates on issues affecting Tas. If you need some advice on a project or you’ve got a burning issue to raise, this is the forum for you!

Day one

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conference workshopsa vision for a sUstainable new zealanD in 2050 – the pathway for waste & Materials

date: Tuesday 22 October Time: 16.00-17.00room: Bay Trust ForumFacilitator: Rod Oram, premiere business journalist The sustainable Business Council (www.sbc.org.nz) is New Zealand’s peak industry body promoting sustainable development. Last year it produced Vision 2050 which outlined a business perspective of a sustainable vision for New Zealand in 2050, where all people live well and within the limits of the planet.

one of the 11 strands or ‘pathways’ developed is for Waste & materials. This workshop will use Vision 2050 and the Waste & materials pathway to examine what this might mean for the waste sector. presenters will include sustainable Business Council members The Warehouse group, Toyota, Westpac and andrew stewart. The session will be facilitated by rod oram.

partnerships facilitate pUblic place recyclinG ‘bUy with care, recycle with ease’

date: Wednesday 23 October Time: 16.00-17.00room: Works InfrastructureFacilitator: John Webber, Glass Packaging Forum recycling in public places is greatly enhanced by establishing partnerships across the supply chain from manufacturer to vendor to recycler to promoter. The glass packaging Forum will outline how to increase recycling at best cost at events and venues (e.g. food courts and stadia). results achieved and problems addressed and overcome, through a high level of co-operation, will be discussed by a panel representing the whole process starting with making the optimum purchasing decisions.

The glass packaging Forum will also present its new multi-product public place recycling scheme which builds on the partnerships established through Love NZ and outline opportunities for grants.

the beneficial Use of orGanic waste in new zealanD – a new technical GUiDeline for lanD application

date: Thursday 24 OctoberTime: 9.00-10.30room: Works InfrastructureFacilitators: Nick Walmsley, WaterNZ Technical Co-ordinator; Jacqui Horswell, Programme Leader and Manager, Centre for Integrated Biowaste Research (CIBR), member of NZLTC Technical Committee; & George Fietje, Chairman WasteMINZ’ Organic Materials Sector Group.

despite having science-based regulations or guidelines to facilitate beneficial reuse of many organic wastes, progress has been slow towards achieving the NZ Waste strategy target of improving the efficiency of resource use and diversion of organic wastes. In part this is because there is no nationwide consistency of approach. some guidelines are outdated and in need of review, new science is now available on quality criteria such as contaminant limits.

Four key Waste sector partners, Water New Zealand, WastemINZ’ organic materials sector group, the Centre for Integrated Biowaste research (CIBr) and the New Zealand Land Treatment Collective (NZLTC) are investigating a framework for dealing consistently with organic wastes. This approach aims to recognise commonalities of organic waste; describe quality criteria for beneficial reuse, increasing knowledge and streamlining regulatory processes.

This workshop will discuss issues including variations in key characteristics and contaminants in organic wastes; and provide a discussion forum for those in the waste sector to provide input into the proposed framework.

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day two : tuesday 22 october 2013

8.00-8.30 Registration

8.30-10.00 Opening plenary : Bay Trust Forum

WasteMINZ Intro

Dr Liz Goodwin, WRAP An opportunity too good to waste

Steve Tighe, Futurist Planning and innovating for the future

10.00-11.00 Morning Tea : Exhibition Hall

11.00-12.30 BehaviOur Change

Bay Trust Forum

FOCus On the Future Skellerup & Opus

MFe - what’s On the agenda Works Infrastructure

OrganiC Materials First Sovereign Trust

COntaMinated land: KeynOteSigma

Gerri Ward (Z Energy) Reducing retail waste - the Z factor

Ewen Skinner (Morrison Low) What is the next step in the battle against waste in NZ: AWT, overseas trends and advances

TBA Dr Michael Quintern (MyNOKE) Vermicomposting of organic wastes - New Zealand developed world leading technology

Ross McFarland (AECOM) What’s good in Australia’s new National Environment Protection Measure for Assessment of Site Contamination (ASC NEPM)

Caitlin Scott (Auckland Council) Understanding Waste Minimisation in Auckland: Insights from a major household study

Neil Mckenzie-Hall (EnviroWaste Services) Innovation, consumerism and the throw-away generation

Sam Bridgman (SKM) Pulp and Paper Mill Solid Waste – closing the loop

Dr Trisia Farrelly (Massey University) and Pip Chrystall (Palmerston North City Council)Residential recycling in Palmy exposed!

Dr Jeff Seadon (Scion) Waste Futures - Scores of change

Dr Jacqui Horswell (Centre for Integrated Biowaste Research) Biosolids Research in New Zealand – what’s new?

12.30-1.30 Lunch : Exhibition Hall

13.30-15.00 plenary sessiOnBay Trust Forum

COntaMinated land - MetalsSigma

Lawrence Yule (President, LGNZ)The future of Local Government

Dave Bull (Golder Associates (NZ)) Bioavailability in site-specific human health risk assessment

Mai Chen (Chen Palmer & Partners)Getting the waste law and policy you want from Government

Alex Davies-Colley (Tonkin & Taylor) Metals screening in painted concrete - informing decisions around onsite reuse vs. offsite disposal

Dave Bull (Golder Associates (NZ))Accounting for ‘the poisoner’s poison’: a soil guideline value for thallium

15.00-16.00 Afternoon Tea : Exhibition Hall

16.00-17.00 visiOn 2050 wOrKshOp

Bay Trust Forum

e-waste

Skellerup & Opus

FOCus On the Future

Works Infrastructure

C&d waste

First Sovereign Trust

Cl - reFleCtiOn On persistent COntaMinants Sigma

Facilitated by Rod OramA Vision for a Sustainable New Zealand in 2050 – The Pathway for Waste & Materials

Jon Thornhill (RCN Group) Next steps for e-waste

Betsy Kettle (Auckland Community Zero Waste Alliance) Transitioning to 2040

Dr Jeff Seadon (Scion) Construction - the beginning of the C&D waste solution

Ross McFarland (AECOM) Difficulties in managing persistent organic pollutants, such as PFOS and PFOA, under emerging regulation internationally

Paul Bruce (Greater Wellington Regional Council) eWaste Stewardship - A Community Consensus

David Lindsay (Eunomia Research & Consulting) Waste Management in the Arabian Gulf

Fraser Scott (True North Consulting) & Chris Keeling (Environment Canterbury)Delving into the Too-Hard Basket: Finding Productive Outlets for Waste Treated Timber

David Dangerfield (AECOM) Advances in understanding asbestos risk - driving change in sustainable remediation

Discussion Panel: Next steps for e-wasteSue Coutts; Lawrence Zwimpfer; Russ Martin & John Gertsakis

17.00-17.30 WasteMINZ AGM : Bay Trust Forum

Current financial members are invited to attend the WasteMINZ Annual General Meeting. Join us for a quick update on the year’s activities and successes along with news about the organisation’s goals and plans for the future. Plus the new WasteMINZ Board members will be announced.

17.30-20.00 Networking drinks : Exhibition Hall

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day three : wednesday 23 october 20138.00-8.30 Registration

8.30-10.00 plenary sessiOnBay Trust Forum

COntaMinated land - KeynOteSigma

Adam Johnson (Garbologie)To create a world without waste

James Winchester (Simpson Grierson) The Contaminants NES - are the legal risks greater than the health risks?

Bernard Hickey (Interest.co.nz)A focus on NZ’s economic future: Why the drivers of local and regional economies are different in a post-crisis world

Paul Carpenter (NZ Mutual Liability RiskPool) Information management, HAILs and LIMs

10.00-11.00 Morning Tea : Exhibition Hall

11.00-12.30 prOduCt stewardship Bay Trust Forum

BehaviOur Change

Skellerup & Opus

KerBside reCyCling – the hOlistiC viewWorks Infrastructure

health & saFety

First Sovereign Trust

Cl - reMediatiOn and BrOwnFieldsSigma

Jade Barnaby & John Polhill (Sustainability Victoria) From take-back to the future: Progressing bat-tery & paint stewardship schemes in Australia

Rob Curnow (Community Change) Building collaborative approaches to change public waste behaviour

Penny Garland (O-I)The story behind the numbers

Greg Dearsly (First Principles for Safety) and Greg Lydon (Ministry for the Environment) Health & Safety - Principals, contracts and responsibility. A case study from the TV TakeBack programme

Doug Backhouse (Golder Associates (NZ))Brownfield renewal incentives - tools for local government - examples from British Columbia

Russ Martin (Global Product Stewardship Council) Global Trends in Product Stewardship

Virginia Baker (Environmental Science & Research) Getting the most out of ‘Behaviour Change’

James Flexman (Fullcircle)Avoid the ‘Green Fence’. Don’t allow quality recyclables to limit your options

Audrey Jensen (Accident Compensation Corporation) Fleet Safety Programme

Mike Skiffington (Milsearch) Contamination assessment of potential UXO contaminated sites

Discussion Panel: Voluntary vs. Regulatory approaches to Product Stewardship Liz Goodwin; Russ Martin; Graeme Norton; Chris Hartshorne; Marty Hoffart & David Carter

Brian Gallagher (Transpacific Industries Group (NZ)) & Ruth Clarke (Timaru District Council)Timaru kerbside organic collection & composting – seven years on: Key learnings

Graham Jones (EnviroWaste Services)”Keeping the holes out of wholistic” – the future needs real partnerships

Courtney Taylor (Reclaim) Workplace Behavioural Safety - Men & Women Behaving Badly

Samuel Gregory (Massey University) Use of biochar for the sustainable remediation of sheep dip sites

12.30-1.30 Lunch : Exhibition Hall

13.30-15.00 plenary sessiOn Bay Trust Forum

Cl - Old sChOOl COntaMinants revisited Sigma

Mike Cosman (Impac and Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety)Changing times, changing expectations. What will the new health and safety regime in NZ mean for me?

Marcus Wright & Terry Widdowson (Golder Associates (NZ)) Ground gas - it’s not just a landfill issue!

Professor Al Gillespie (Waikato University)The future of waste policy: Lessons from abroad and implications for New Zealand

Luke Austin (LADRA) The use of the Western Australian Asbestos guidelines in a New Zealand context

Marcus Wright & Dave Bull (Golder Associates (NZ)) and Graham Corban (Hill Laboratories) Speciation of hydrocarbons - when you need to know more!

15.00-16.00 Afternoon Tea : Exhibition Hall

16.00-17.00 rFid & Other serviCe innOvatiOnsSkellerup

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puBliC plaCe reCyCling wOrKshOpWorks Infrastructure

hazardOus waste

First Sovereign Trust

Cl - nes issues and thOughtsSigma

Sean Crowe (Snowy River Shire Council (Australia))Snowy River Shire is a small rural council, who are recognised as a service leader and innovator in Australia’s waste and resource recovery in the community. Including:RFID bin tagging; introduction of 360 litre MRBs; rural recycling & waste initiatives

Ministry for the EnvironmentCompliance Assurance Programme – checking up: Levy income and levy spend

Facilitated by John Webber (Glass Packaging Forum)Partnerships Facilitate Public Place Recycling ‘Buy with Care, Recycle with Ease’

(Ministry for the Environment) Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Chemicals and Waste

Chris Hillman (Tonkin & Taylor) NES Permitted Activity Regulation for Subdivision - what does ‘Highly Unlikely’ actually mean and how do you assess it?

Simonne Eldridge (Tonkin & Taylor) Land Disposal Guidelines

Geoff Latimer (Environ) Practical management of Brominated Flame Retardants in e-Waste

Martin Robertson (Z Energy) Ten things a SQEP would know

18.00-19.00 Pre-dinner drinks at Energy Events Centre

19.00-24.00 WasteMINZ GALA DINNER

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day four : thursday 24 october 2013

8.30-9.00 Registration

9.00-10.30 peCha KuCha: what the Future hOlds and the rOle we’ll playSkellerup

land dispOsal

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OrganiC waste guideline wOrKshOp

Works Infrastructure

health & saFety

First Sovereign Trust

Cl - reMediatiOn and BrOwnFields

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Ten short, sharp and entertaining Pecha Kucha presentations on the future of waste in New Zealand and the part WasteMINZ members are playing

Hayden Burge (ERM) Councils, community and the commercial sector: Waste landfills 20 years on

Facilitated by Dr Jacqui Horswell (Centre for Integrated Biowaste Research)The beneficial use of organic waste in New Zealand – a new technical guideline for land application

Greg Dearsly (First Principles for Safety) and Shane Burke (Burke Consulting) Health and Safety Guidelines Update

Graeme Quickfall & Ghassan Basheer (Hiway Environmental) Tui Mine tailings remediation project - geotechnical and construction challenges - project case study of the recently completed remediation of NZ’s largest contaminated remediation project

Phil Landmark (MWH) Levin Landfill - Lessons Learned and Progress Made

Zac Jordan (Wellington City Council) The Principal’s Role in Driving Change

Marcus Herrmann & James Corbett (Auckland Council) History never repeats?

Chris Keeling (Environment Canterbury)It’s the Pits! Getting a Handle on Non-Natural Rural Waste in Canterbury

Robyn Vallom (EnviroWaste Services) Safe Design in the Waste Industry

(Environment Canterbury), Dave Robotham (Geoscience Consulting NZ) and Mark Jennings-Temple (Renovate Turf Consultants) Turf wars: sports turfs as a HAIL and the challenge for local government

10.30-11.00 Morning Tea : Exhibition Hall

11.00-12.30 plenary sessiOn

Bay Trust Forum

COntaMinated land - grOundwater issues and ManageMentSigma

Nigel LattaA load of old rubbish: The psychology of waste management

James Court (BP Oil) Working towards establishing clear controls for discharges from contaminated land

Ann AndrewsYour future is coming, ready or not!

Anna Lukey (AECOM) Management of short term dewatering discharges

Sarah Knowles (ERM NZ) Rethinking LNAPL recovery metrics

12.30-13.30 Lunch : Grand Hall

12.30-17.00 trade show breakdown

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REGISTRATION COSTSsUper saverregister & pay before 31.08.13

earlybirDregister & pay before 30.09.13

last MinUteregistration from 01.10.13 onwards

three day registration 22, 23, 24 Oct(includes gala dinner on Wed night) $1175 $1410 $1550

one day - tue 22 oct $450 $540 $595

one day - wed 23 oct $450 $540 $595

one day - thu 24 oct $275 $330 $365

Gala dinner only - wed 23 oct(included in three day registration) $195 $195 $195

site tours - mon 21 oct $50 $60 $70

ta forum - mon 21 oct $50 $60 $70

PRICES EXCLUDE GSTThe prices stated are available exclusively to WasteMINZ members. Non-members attract an additional 50% loading.

the venUe energy events Centre, rotorua, New Zealand

reGistration inforMation Current membership (1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014) with WastemINZ is essential as you must be a WastemINZ member to attend the conference.

you are invited to register online. please ensure you have an official purchase order number if this is your company policy.

To receive super saver or earlybird fees – your registration must be paid IN FuLL on or before the final closing date for these fees.

please check your confirmation information and tax invoice carefully to ensure your registration is correct.

registration does not include insurance of any kind.

if you have not received confirmation of registration within 5 days of registering online, please contact wasteMinz.

cancellation policy should you be unable to attend once you have registered, you are welcome to reassign your registration to another financial member of WastemINZ.

If you are unable to arrange a replacement, a refund less an administration charge of $150 + gsT will be made, providing notification has been received no later than 1 october 2013.

after 1 october 2013 no refund is possible.

Cancellation of your registration must be in writing and WastemINZ will acknowledge this by return written advice.

General inforMation

wasteMinz WastemINZ is the largest representative body of the waste and resource recovery sector in New Zealand. Formed in 1989, it is a membership-based organisation with over 1,000 members – from small operators through to councils and large companies.

We are the authoritative voice on waste and resource recovery in New Zealand and seek to achieve ongoing and positive development of our industry through strengthening relationships, facilitating collaboration, knowledge sharing and championing the implementation of best practice standards.

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www.wasteminz.org.nz

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