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More Than Recycling Annual Conference 2007
More Than Recycling - CRNS 2nd Annual Conference and Awards
Wednesday 14 March 2007, Perth Concert Hall
More than 200 delegates attended this event in Perth Concert Hall. The day proved to be a very inspiring and uplifting experience and the feedback has been very encouraging. Comments included...
- Very interesting and stimulating
- Wish we had more time in the workshops
- Challenging as a very diverse audience so even with workshops it was hard to maximise benefits to everyone
- A brilliant representation of the sector (about the DVD)
- Would be difficult to improve this years event
- Less stand up presentations
- Better time management
To view images from the day please go to the image gallery.
Programme
Delegates were able to participate in a dynamic and creative day of information exchange, active learning and networking. The presentations and narrative from the day will be added to this site over the next few weeks so if the presentation that you are after is not available please check back soon.
Session 1 - Welcome and Keynote Address
- CRNS Welcome
Matthew Lewis, CRNS Chairperson
- Principal Sponsor Welcome
Gerard Hill, Secretary, Scottish Co-operative
- Civic Welcome
Provost Bob Scott, Perth & Kinross Council
Keynote Address
- Creative Communities
Prof Irene McAra-McWilliam, Head of the School of Design, The Glasgow School of Art
Session 2 - Good Practice and Knowledge Exchange
Delegates were able to attend 2 of 21 round table discussions covering a wide range of topics including:
- Making the Most of Your Website
- Planning a community recycling social enterprise (PDF file)
- Business Plan Structure (PDF file)
- Running an Accredited SQA Centre
- Marketing
- Making News (pdf file)
- Volunteer Development
Conference Survey
During the day delegates also completed a short survey. To see the results of the survey and the comments received please click here.
Session 3 - Keynote Debate
 Kevin Robbie (Forth Sector), Pauline Hinchion (FEAT Enterprises) and Worku Lakew (Tower Hamlets Community Recycling Consortium) then debated the issue of Placing Community Recycling at the Heart of Public Service Delivery - at what cost?
Session 4 - Future Challenges for the Sector
The final plenary session of the day looked at some of the future challenges and opportunities that the sector faces and how the sector can prepare for them.
Roddy Macdonald, Head of Social Economy Unit, Communities Scotland
- Household Waste Prevention Action Plan (download presentation, pdf, 36KB)
Iain Gulland, Network Director, CRNS
The Household Waste Prevention Action Toolkit referred to in Iain's presentation is available to download from the SEPA website
- Strategic Positioning of the Community Recycling Sector - the view from Wales
Mal Williams, Chief Executive, Cylch
The Cleanstream document, referred to by Mal in his presentation, was included in all the Conference Delegate Bags. It is also available to download from the Cylch website.
Delegates then discussed the future challenges and identified some of the key emerging messages for the sector. More information about this will be posted on the site shortly
Session 5 - Annual Awards
The Conference was followed by the CRNS Awards Ceremony and Drinks Reception. The Drinks Reception was kindly sponsored by Triodos Bank.
The winners of the three Award categories were:
CRNS Member of the Year (sponsored by Novelis Recycling)
 There were joint winners of this award
- Fyne Futures Bute Recycling Centre
- WoodRecyclability
Innovation Award (sponsored by SEPA)
- Re-JIG Bio-diesel project
David Protherough, Project Manager, ReJIG receiving the Innovation Award from John Ferguson, SEPA
Local Authority Partnership Award
(sponsored by The Yellow Pages Directory Recycling Scheme)
- Argyll & Bute Council
Congratulations to all the winners!!
A BIG, BIG Thank You to everyone that contributed to making More Than Recycling our best event ever and we look forward to seeing you all next year!
Post Conference Report
The Post Conference Report is now available to download
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