Reclaiming Resources: Optimising Soil Reuse in Infrastructure and Development
Thursday, 5 December; 11am; Webinar;
Free for WasteMINZ members, $59+GST for non-members
Soil from construction, developments, and earthworks is often sent to landfill, with approximately 3.5 million tonnes of soil ending up in landfills and cleanfills every year.
Come and join us on World Soil Day for a presentation on the recently released white paper 'Reclaiming Resources: Optimising Soil Reuse in Infrastructure and Development'.
The paper is the write-up of the discussions had during CLM workshop 'can you dig it - the problem with the reuse of soil' held at the WasteMINZ conference in May this year.
This 60-minute webinar will cover:
- The key messages presented in the paper
- Discussion on its contents and next steps
Speakers
James Corbett, Auckland Council
James is Principal Contaminated Land Specialist in Auckland Council's Engineering and Technical Advisory directorate, Closed Landfills team. He works alongside other technical specialists and project managers to manage 180+ closed landfills and provides advice across council on contaminated land risks for land purchase, remediation and ongoing management. James is the Chair of the Contaminated Land Management Steering Committee.
Rod Lidgard, Pattle Delamore Partners
Rod is a certified environmental practitioner – site contamination specialist with extensive experience in Aotearoa NZ. Rod has worked across a full range of land development projects and through a variety of industries. Rod is and has always been a champion for soil reuse on these projects – sharing and demonstrating his skills and experience in reusing soil material to produce positive project outcomes for client and community. Rod has experience working under various sustainable development frameworks throughout including ISO18504 and ISC. Due to the lack of guidance and inconsistency of application for current soil reuse projects throughout the country, Rod has led the soil reuse workshop and authoring of this soil reuse white paper aimed to key ministers and stakeholders in order to raise awareness and signal the need for industry recognition and action in the soil reuse space.
Tim Dee, Fulton Hogan
Tim is a contaminated land practitioner, Chartered Chemist and National Environmental Solutions Manager for Fulton Hogan. He has been in industry since 2005 and practiced in New Zealand, Europe, West Asia, and Australia. Tim is the former Chair of the Contaminated Land Management Sector Group Steering Committee and is still actively involved in various Contaminated Land Management working groups.
