The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will hold its annual conference on exploiting effective resource efficiency and waste reduction at 15 Hatfields, London on Tuesday (6 November).
Keynote speakers will include:
- Liz Goodwin, CEO of WRAP;
- Lord de Mauley, Resource Management Minister at Defra;
- Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer;
- and Matthew Spencer, Director of Green Alliance.
According to Liz Goodwin’s blog for WRAP, the conference will focus on ‘the big-ticket items on the resource efficiency agenda’, centring on ‘supporting economic growth and the important role played by a circular economy in making this a reality’.
Goodwin goes on to say that that the ‘challenges of stimulating the economy and creating the right environment for growth’ are top of the agenda and that she looks forward to hearing the new Resource Management Minister, Lord de Mauley, speak at the conference.
‘We’re extremely fortunate in having secured some excellent speakers… and I’m particularly delighted that the recently-appointed Resource Management Minister, Lord de Mauley, is able to join us in London for part of the proceedings.
‘This will be one of his first opportunities to meet some of the key players from the world of resource efficiency, and I know he is looking forward to the conference as he views it as a chance to listen to people’s concerns, and learn more about the challenges that face us all.’
The Welsh branch of WRAP, WRAP Cymru will be holding its ‘Closing the Loop’ conference in Cardiff on Thursday (8 November).
Places at the London conference have sold out, but registration to watch the keynote speakers and panel discussion via live streaming is still available.
Those who have been unable to secure a place at the conference but are still interested in posing questions to the keynote speakers are asked to do so via Twitter @WRAP-UK using the hashtag #WRAPAC12.
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