2022 Program
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| 0800 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| OPENING PLENARY | |
| 0900 | Welcome and Housekeeping Val Southam, CEO – KAB NSW and Sally Williams, Litter Congress Master of Ceremonies |
| 0910 | Official Opening The Hon. James Griffin MP, Minister for Environment and Heritage |
| 0920 | Congress Partner Welcome Rayne de Gruchy AM PSM, Chair – NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 0930 | NSW Litter Prevention Program – Targets achieved, new targets set Rupert Saville, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 0940 | The Litter Journey John Lavarack, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 0955 | Questions and discussion |
| 1015 | Morning tea break |
| IMPACTS | |
| 1045 | What is the true cost of litter? Ben McNair and Laura Cassar, Centre for International Economics |
| 1105 | Unmanaged Litter and its Effects on Living Beings Mary Rayner, Stormwater Shepherds |
| SOURCE REDUCTION | |
| 1120 | How the ANZPAC Plastics Pact mobilises collective action on plastic pollution Meredith Epp, APCO |
| 1150 | Creating circularity with good swaps for our community Alicia Lloyd & Alison Tran, Northern Beaches Council |
| 1205 | NSW Plastics Action Plan Susan Read, DPE |
| 1220 | Questions and discussion |
| 1245 | Lunch |
| RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR | |
| 1345 | Setting a new benchmark for butt littering behaviour Chris Chung, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 1400 | Return and Earn – Small acts are having a real impact Danielle Smalley, Exchange for Change |
| 1415 |
PANEL SESSION: Do you know where your litter ends up? Panelists include: |
| 1515 | Questions and discussion |
| 1530 | Afternoon tea break |
| EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT | |
| 1600 | Partnering with Small Business for Success through Sustainability – Better Business Partnership’s Education and Engagement Model Amanda Choy, Better Business Partnership |
| 1615 | We Care – Reducing single use plastics in the Eurobodalla Alex King, Eurobodalla Shire Council |
| 1630 | What a rubbish website – Don’t be a Tosser! Alice Morgan, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 1645 | KABNSW and KABNA Litter Education Services Hailey Durham, Keep Australia Beautiful NSW |
| 1650 | Questions and discussion |
| 1710 | Wrap Up of Day One Sally WIlliams, Litter Congress Master of Ceremonies |
| 1715 | Close Day 1 |
| 1730 | Networking Function |
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| 0800 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| KNOWLEDGE IS POWER | |
| 0900 | Recap of where we are in the litter journey and where to next Sally Williams, Litter Congress Master of Ceremonies & John Lavarack, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 0910 | Catchment to the Sea: NSW monitoring of litter, coastal and marine debris Edwina Foulsham, DPE and John Lavarack, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 0930 | Determining the source and solution to cotton bud debris in southern Sydney Sarah-Jo Lobwein, SO SHIRE |
| 0945 | Spatio-temporal trends in marine debris across Australia Jordan Gacutan & Alexis Farr, Tangaroa Blue Foundation & UNSW |
| 1000 | Ocean Health Platform: Seabin’s Data Dashboard and Pollution Index™ Mahi Paquette & Solomon Wadani, Seabin Foundation |
| 1015 | Questions and discussion |
| 1045 | Morning tea break |
| PLACE BASED APPROACHES | |
| 1115 | Tackling cigarette butt litter in Western Sydney Sarah Ip, Western Sydney Local Health District |
| 1130 | A new litter prevention strategy for the Cooks River catchment Alexa McAuley, Civille |
| 1145 | Public place litter management opportunities Hiral Patel, Forbes Shire Council |
| 1200 | Questions and discussion |
| 1230 | Lunch |
| EMERGING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES | |
| 1330 | Own it and Act: Empowering new leaders in litter prevention Andrew Gray, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 1345 | PANEL SESSION: Collaboration – How to bring an industry together to create ground swell Jenny-lee Scharnboeck, Take 3 for the Sea |
| 1415 | Addressing an Emerging Litter Threat: Vaping devices and products. Shannon Mead, No More Butts |
| 1430 | Crumb Loss from Play Areas: Do we need a change of tack for tired tyres? Marijs Vrancken, AUSMAP |
| 1445 | Questions and discussion |
| 1500 | Activity: Looking to the Future: Building partnerships and cross sector collaboration for long-term litter prevention Led by: Andrew Gray, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 1530 | Congress wrap up and closing remarks Sally WIlliams, Litter Congress Master of Ceremonies |
| 1545 | Conference Close |
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