Open Meeting at Resource for London

The London & Southern Counties Centre is pleased to give notice of an open meeting on a hot topic that affects us all and requires our close attention in our programmes of events.  We have arranged a panel of expert speakers to provide delegates with an overview of the environmental issues of micro plastic wastes and an exploration of the emerging methods to deal with their environmental impacts.

09:30 Registration, coffee and networking

10:00 Welcome by Euston Ling, Chairman, London & Southern Counties Centre

10:10 Scene-setting presentation (the scale of the problem to water, air, soil) – Alastair Chisholm, Director of Policy, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management 10:35 Micro Plastics in our Water – Gary Strange, Thames Water Bioresource & Energy Strategy Manager

11.00 Comfort Break

11:15 Health Impacts of Micro Plastics – Phillipa Douglas, Public Health England 11:40 The Challenges to Regulating an ‘Invisible Pollutant’ - Judy Proctor, Environment Agency

12.05 Rising to the Challenge - Innovations in the Textile Industry – Deborah Luffman, Product Director, Finisterre and Microfibre Consortium Member

12:30 Panel Q&A session

13.15 Buffet Lunch and Close

Places will be allocated on a first-come-first served basis. To register for this event you must sign in or create an account here