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CRNS 5th Annual Furniture Reuse Conference |
The furniture reuse sector now provides furniture to over 100,000 people and diverts 14,000 tonnes from landfill every year.
This year's conference will look at how furniture projects can maximise their impact, manage growth and improve services.
Bigger
Increasing tonnage diversion and managing growth
Better
Improving services and measuring impact
Bolder
Improving marketing and diversification, including Resource Recovery Parks
Keynote Speaker
Eric Lombardi, Executive Director, Eco-Cycle
Resource Recovery Parks & Zero Waste
Eric is the Executive Director of Eco-cycle in Bolder, Colorado and Chair of the Grassroots Recycling Network. Eco-cycle is the largest community recycling organisation in the USA. Some of the topics Eric will cover include
Activities of the Centre for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM)
Business Recycling Collections (Collect from over 800 businesses)
What we can learn from the US model
Zero Waste
Who should attend?
- Furniture projects
- Local Authorities
- Homelessness, Waste and Economic Development staff
- Housing Associations
- Recycling and homelessness agencies
- Policy makers
- Social enterprises
Why should you attend?
- Learn from people in the sector and in workshops
- Network with fellow delegates involved in furniture reuse
- Discuss key issues which face your organisation
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Insider's Guide to Tendering
Tuesday 26 August
Opera School, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
1pm - 4pm including lunch