Adam Read
EfW Transition Technology or Yesterday’s Technology | with Adam Read
September 12, 2023 | be Waste WiseIn this webinar, our guest panel discusses the future of energy from waste technologies, particularly those dealing with thermal treatment. Read More
Potential of the Waste & Resource Sector in Delivering Avoided Emissions | with Adam Read
June 2, 2023 | be Waste WiseThis panel explores how we can not only make the link between sustainable resource management and climate change but also consider what activities, interventions and policies governments, businesses, and organisations should take now to ensure that planned green transitions across a range of sectors and regions are deliverable – can we really decarbonise industry without effective waste management?Read More
Tackling Consumption, Can We Break the Linear Model?
March 17, 2023 | be Waste WiseThe session looks at where we are successfully transitioning from traditional leaner models of production, consumption, and waste to a more circular model of green design, reuse, refill, repair, and leasing, where consumers can make good choices and the systems are accessible, affordable, and performing.Read More
Innovating Our Way Out of the Global Waste Crisis | with Adam Read
June 14, 2022 | be Waste WiseWith as much as 80% of the population in developing countries without regular and effective waste collection, what hope is there for a truly global sustainable waste management solution?Read More
How Environmental is Social Value? | with Adam Read
February 24, 2022 | be Waste WiseThis webinar looks at the role of the sector in embedding activities as part of and above the day to day which create community benefits, training opportunities, local economic improvements while moving towards a more circular and carbon-efficient economy.Read More
What’s the Best Metric to Drive Down Consumption and Drive Circularity?
February 17, 2022 | be Waste WiseHow effective have carbon tools and targets been in changing service design and performance? Read More
COP26 – What is the Role of the Waste and Resources Sector in Delivering Net-Zero? | with Adam Read
November 1, 2021 | be Waste WiseThis webinar explores a range of issues in the run-up to COP26, focusing on how the critical role of the resources & waste sector has been overlooked in the planning for the global carbon event.Read More
Policy Reforms in the UK | with Adam Read
September 1, 2021 | be Waste WiseWhat do the UK policy reforms mean for consumers, customers and those working in waste & resource management?Read More
Skills in the Circular Economy | with Adam Read
September 1, 2021 | be Waste Wise 1This panel considers what skills are needed in the resources and waste sector to meet the challenges of the circular economy and decarbonisation.Read More
Consumers and their Ability to Deliver Decarbonisation | with Adam Read
February 26, 2021 | be Waste WiseHave we established new norms owing to the lessons learned from COVID-19? Will refill, loop, and other packaging formats take hold in our supermarkets?Read More
Behaviour Change and Recycling Contamination | with Adam Read
July 20, 2020 | be Waste Wise 1This webinar discussed common contaminants in recycling collections (suburbia, high-rise and rural), and reflect on campaigns and programmes that have attempted to limit contamination.Read More
Behaviour Change and Recycling Contamination – Insights and Reflections
July 20, 2020 | be Waste Wise 1Adam Read reflects on the webinar on behavioural change and recycling contamination which he moderated. Read More
Adam Read Interviews David Palmer-Jones
June 12, 2020 | be Waste WiseAdam Read talks to David about his life in the waste sector, and the evolution of waste management in UK, and his new role across Europe.Read More
Design for Reuse/ Repair | with Adam Read
April 6, 2020 | be Waste WiseIn this webinar, our panel of experts discuss some of the new examples of repair and reuse that are gaining traction both in the US and across Europe.Read More
Facing up to Climate Crisis: What are We Doing About It? | with Adam Read
March 2, 2020 | be Waste WiseMoving from the UN Sustainable Development Goals to local ‘climate crisis’ talks, it’s time to stand up and make a change.Read More
Chemical Recycling 101 | with Adam Read
February 3, 2020 | be Waste WiseThe focus on chemical recycling has intensified in the recent past. But, what is chemical recycling and how does the process differ from recovery and mechanical recycling?Read More
The Changing Global Commodity Markets
October 22, 2019 | be Waste WiseWe discuss changes over the last 2 years, following the closure of Chinese markets for plastics, and increasing concerns about paper and plastics in other South East Asian markets. Read More
Marine Plastic Pollution – Sources, Forces and Courses of Action
July 24, 2019 | be Waste Wise 1This expert panel reflects on the arrival of plastics in the marine environment, consider how we got here and most importantly what we can do.Read More
Reflections on Sustainable Resource Management in Developing Economies
April 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseNovel approaches to ensure waste management in poorer countries is sustainable.Read More
2015 Global Waste Survey
April 1, 2015 | be Waste Wise 1Please take the 2015 Global Waste Survey to tell us what you want to know or discuss about waste in 2015.Read More
Communicating About Waste To Create An Engaged Global Community
March 5, 2015 | be Waste WiseInaccessible Expertise
In 2013, I was at World Bank’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to attend a forum on waste management. That day, in a single room, I was surrounded by so many world class experts that I felt I was … Read More
Food waste disposers can mitigate climate change and reduce costs
May 22, 2014 | Craig Dsouza 1For climate change mitigation, food waste disposers are better than composting, waste-to-energy and landfilling. Their wider adoption calls for integrated decision making encompassing solid waste management and wastewater.Read More
Food waste disposal units – is the jury still out?
April 21, 2014 | be Waste Wise 2Watch Prof. Adam Read, Dr. Tim Evans and Michael Keleman discuss the relevance and sustainability of food waste disposal units.Read More