News Archive
| Released | 23/06/2005 |
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| Contributor | Laura Melhuish |
September 2007 - Free hazardous waste training for business
HAZRED is holding a free hazardous waste training workshop for businesses. The event, which will take place at Aston Villa Football Club on 17th October, offers businesses from the opportunity to receive confidential sector-specific advice and guidance on hazardous waste reduction and management.
- Opening with a keynote address from Peter Jones, OBE, Director of External Affairs at Biffa, the event will include:
- Confidential, sector-specific advice, delivered by industry specialists
- Guidance on staff engagement and awareness
- Presentations from HAZRED project participants, who have seen significant results by addressing their hazardous waste output
- Networking opportunities.
Places are open to businesses operating in the following six industry sectors:
- General construction/building
- Treatment and/or coating of metals
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
- Photographic processing and printing activities
- Manufacture of speciality organic chemicals
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment
April 2007 - HAZRED project enters final phase
We are now in the final year of the HAZRED project, having recruited a team of specialist advisors and dozens of businesses to take part.
Firms signed up to the project have now been allocated an advisor whose expertise best matches their business requirements and are receiving the first of a series of on-site visits.
A bespoke action plan will be developed to provide free, expert advice on the effective reduction, management and evaluation of hazardous waste. A final recruitment drive is also being undertaken to secure additional participants.
HAZRED project manager, Anna Pizzi, said: "We are pleased to be embarking on the final phase with an excellent team of advisors on board and would urge any businesses interested in finding out more to get in touch. All advice is free and confidential and we can help businesses secure valuable cost savings by dealing proactively with hazardous waste."
Each HAZRED advisor will help participating businesses apply the hazardous waste reduction plan to their operation during a series of on-site visits. They will also assist with monitoring and evaluating hazardous waste outputs and cost savings achieved.
December 2006 - Hazardous Waste Reduction Plans
Final versions of the hazardous waste reduction plans are now available for all six sectors. They are available to download from the sector pages in the taking part section.
March 2006 - Sector Workshops
Between January and March 2006, the HAZRED team held workshops for the metals, motor vehicles, chemicals, photographic processing and construction sectors.
The workshops provided interested parties with an opportunity to find about more about HAZRED and to provide input to the draft hazardous waste reduction plan for their sector.
Reports on the workshops which have taken place are available on the sector pages in the taking part section.
May 2006 - HAZRED Workshops in
Project partner the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) hosted two cross-sector workshops at the Stillorgan Park Hotel in
These events introduced the project to businesses in
Businesses were able to find out exactly what's involved in participating and how they can benefit from taking part in HAZRED.
December 2005 - Hazardous Waste Reduction Plans Available
The draft hazardous waste reduction plans for metals, motor vehicles and chemicals are now available to download from the taking part section of the website.
November 2005 - Businesses invited to take part in HAZRED
The HAZRED team is currently organising a series of six interactive sector workshops for businesses interested in taking part in the project, and other stakeholders to come and find out more about HAZRED and to review the hazardous waste reduction plan for their sector.
Each half-day workshop will give an introduction to the HAZRED project and the draft sector plan. Delegates will be invited to break into groups to analyse the draft plan and suggest additional content and new ideas. The workshop will finish with a detailed Q&A session, offering a good opportunity for small and medium-sized businesses to find out exactly what's involved in participating and how they can benefit from taking part.
Arrangements for the metal treatment, motor vehicles and fine chemicals workshops are as follows:
- Treatment and/or coating of metals
Date: 11th January 2006, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Venue: Surface Engineering Association, Birmingham
- Maintenance and/or repair of motor vehicles
Date: 17th January 2006, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Venue: Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham
- Speciality organic chemicals
Date: 25th January 2006, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Venue: BASF, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
June 2005 - HAZRED Project Officially Launched
An event to officially launch the HAZRED project was held in London at the Lewis Media Centre on 30th June 2005.
This was well attended by key stakeholders including project partners, business organisations, consultants and academics, and trade associations.
Chris Bale, Director of Performance and Innovation at the Environment Agency, opened proceedings with a summary of changes to hazardous waste legislation including research into business awareness of these changes. This was followed by a detailed overview of the HAZRED project from Martin Brocklehurst, Head of Waste Strategy at the Environment Agency and a presentation on working in partnership to reduce hazardous waste from project partner SafetyKleen.
The presentations made way for a lively Q&A session and networking amongst those present.
Click on the links below to dowload a full report from the event and speakers' presentations
Hazardous Waste - The Way Forward (Chris Bale)
The HAZRED Project (Martin Brocklehurst)
Working in Parnership to Support Businesses (Keith Roberts)
June 2005 - Priority Sectors Chosen
At the sector prioritisation workshop in March, key industry figures and environmental experts collaborated with the HAZRED project team to help identify industry sectors most in need of help in managing their hazardous wastes.
It has been decided that HAZRED will work with the following six sectors:
- General construction/building
- Treatment and/or coating of metals
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
- Photographic processing
- Manufacture of speciality organic chemicals
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment
Click here for further information about the priority sectors and to download a full report outlining the methodology used during the selection process.