The aim of the Final Conference is to bring together people and/or organisations that are dealing with re-use and/or the informal sector in waste management to give the possibility to learn about and to discuss different case studies and solutions for the re-use idea with a special focus on the informal sector. Besides international exchange of experience also the main project results and case studies of the TransWaste project will be presented.

The project team of TransWaste is proud to announce a variety of experts and actors from all over Europe as speakers that are involved in the field of re-use or the informal sector.

For more details about the Final Conference please check out the information brochure incl. the agenda (download PDF)!

For participating the Conference, please register with the online registration form.There will be no registration fee charged for participating the conference! Last day for registration is Friday, 14th September 2012.

The Waste Framework Directive 2008 introduced a new waste hierarchy setting up a priority order favouring waste prevention and preparing for re-use followed by recycling and other recovery measures and disposal at last. 

At the moment lots of valuable re-useable goods are incinerated or landfilled as components of the bulky waste stream. Also parts of WEEE are disposed of despite the fact that they are still functioning. Therefore strategies have to be developed in order to support re-use. On the other hand re-usable items trade serve as income possibility for informal collectors and provides affordable products for the less privileged.  This type of informal re-use is neglected or opposed so far. This conference wants to bring together people and/or organisations

• dealing with re-use in general,
• that collect, repair and sell furniture and household goods, which people donate in an official way,
• dealing with the informal sector in waste management to give the possibility to learn about and discuss different case studies and solutions for the re-use idea with a special focus on the informal sector.

The conference is hosted by TransWaste, an ERDF founded Central Europe project working on that topic since 2009. Amongst others the following speakers will share their experiences on the topic and discuss with you:

• Peter Börkey, OECD Environment Directorate, Paris
  Topic: “Sustainable management of materials in mobile phones”
• Ian D. Williams, Waste Management Research Group, University of Southampton
  Topic: “Greening academia: Mechanisms for improving the environmental performance of a university”
• Anne Scheinberg, WASTE – advisers on urban environment and development, Gouda.
  Topic: “Organising waste pickers in Europe”
• Gudrun Obersteiner, Project leader of TransWaste, Institute of Waste Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.
  Topic: “The TransWaste Project”
• Katie Killeen, Community re-use network, Ireland.
  Topic: “The  Community Re-use network in Ireland”
• Maya Battisti, Occhio del Riciclone, Italy.
  Topic: “The competitive advantages of the popular collection of waste”
• Mathias Neitsch, RepaNet Austria.
  Topic: “Re-use networks in Austria”