Event report: Local Government Engagement Workshop (Sydney)

Event
Waste as a Resource
Date
21 June 2019, 9:30am – 3:30pm
Location
Level 48, MLC Centre, 9 Martin Place, Sydney

Presenters
Professor Margaret Harding, NSW Circular Board Chair
Professor Veena Sahajwalla, NSW Circular Director
Neville Stevens AO, NSW Circular Steering Committee Chair
Michael Sharpe, National Director – Industry, Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre
Rodger Watson, Facilitator ThinkPlace
The vote tallies on key issues drew out these areas as the favourites:
- Structural enablers (hypothecation, mandate, legislate, and stewardship)
- Social infrastructure/share economy
- Physical infrastructure
- Research and skills building
“The mix of people…helped me to understand the solution”


The participants generated a spread of ideas across:
- System enablers
- Pre-product (materials, design and market settings)
- Product use
- Disposal
- Recycle/resource recovery
“Thanks for allowing this level of engagement”
“Great to see the network implemented”
As a result of this session, metropolitan and regional workshops have been rolled out – in Armidale, Gosford and Sydney. Several pilot projects are also under discussion.
Workshop facilitator Think Place prepared this detailed report on key findings and conversations from the day.
The day was informed by a pre-event survey results of participants and a post event survey report found participants had a very favourable experience.