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| Landfill Waste Reduction and Management Workshop |
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| DATE: |
15 to 17 February 2006 |
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| VENUE: |
Ridgeway Hotel, Randburg |
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| TOPICS: |
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- FACILITATORS-Gavin Eichler & Francois du Toit
- INTRODUCTION
- background to the three day training workshop
- clarification of code of conduct
- expectations of workshop
- introductions of participants
- WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
- sustainability and development in context
- Public private people partnerships
- keeping economic development at local level
- generating wealth at community level
- quality vs quantity- champions
- marketing as a goal
- BEST PRACTICE LESSONS FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- planning and project design
- resource maximization and establishing viability
- identifying constraints to sustainability
- partnership with government and business
- setting realistic time-frames
- CASES STUDIES- ACTIVE PROJECTS
- Jozini waste reduction system
- Pongola's landfill site
- Empangeni landfill compositing project
- Dannhauser waste reduction
- Intergrated waste management plan
- Taxi water and waste project
- LEGISLATION AFFECTING WASTE REDUCTION MANAGEMENT
- current policies and policy framework for waste
- the hoops you'll be jumping through
- potential stumbling blocks
- overcoming obstacles
- establishing contacts and building a quick finder
- developing partnerships
- looking at an actual waste management plan
- WASTE REDUCTION
- recycling concepts, practices and expectations
- re-use ( crafts from waste)
- reduce
- concepts, practice and expectations in reduction
- GARDEN WASTE MANAGEMENT
- compositing waste
- establishing nurseries using plant material
- compositing equipment and establishment requirements
- financial projections
- Involving the community
- HANDLING TYRES
- Recycle, re-use, reduce, redirect
- SITE VISITS
- Examining existing practice
- what are they doing right ?
- what can we improve on?
- where to from here?
- potential linkages
- how many more job opportunities can we create?
- Good, bad or just ugly?
- PRACTICAL PROJECT DESIGN-HOW TO APPROACH THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WASTE REDUCTION MANAGEMENT
- conceptualisation, planning and design
- objectives based planning
- monitoring and evaluation in context
- controlling limited resources, human technical and capital
- financial controls and transparency
- sources of finance for projects
- systems for reporting and control
- practical project implementation
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| BENEFITS OF ATTENDING: |
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- recognising the importance of waste reduction and management as a job creator and enterprise development programme
- understanding the importance of lanfill waste reduction and management in the context of municipal management
- learning how waste reduction programme can be included in IDP plans
- being exposed to existing IDP intergrated waste management plan
- understanding the basic legislative framework and policies governing waste management
- identfying potential funding sources
- valuing the principles of leadership and project team management
- communicating effectively on project concepts and sustainability
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| Registration fee per delegate: R 5,100.00 + VAT =
R 5,814.00 |
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