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Waste as Resource and the Circular Economy

Hear how engineers are using waste as a resource rather than refuse.


The ‘Reduce – Reuse – Recycle’ mantra, so beloved by Government and many ‘environmentalists’, is technically flawed and continues to treat ‘waste’ as a problem, rather than as a resource; as a nation we treat ‘waste’ as a noun, instead of as a verb and seem determined to expend valuable energy resources on ‘down-cycling’ our materials.

The Institution has a long history of promoting Energy from Waste as a sustainable energy option for the future. This lecture traces this support from joint work done with ICE in the mid-2000s through the Institution’s Report: “Energy from Waste: a wasted opportunity” and policy statement: “Waste as a Resource” to a critical analysis of how these concepts fit in with the current interest in the Circular Economy; it then proposes a sustainable strategy for the future


Speaker(s):

Professor Ian Arbon MSc, MBA, CEng, CEnv, FI | talks | www

 

Date and Time:

5 December 2016 at 5:30 pm

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

 

Venue:

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1 Birdcage Walk
London
SW1H 9JJ



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Tickets:

Free

Available from:

http://events.imeche.org/viewevent?code=TLE6450

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