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Join us for a free event curated for garden waste recycling professionals.

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We’re thrilled to announce our live garden waste event returns for a third year after two successful years of ‘Better Waste Services Live!’.

After the launch of our Little Green Network, we are thrilled to host the first network event as ‘The Little Green Event’. Bringing together garden waste management professionals to focus in on the developments, best practices, case studies and live panel debates to help continue better waste services together.

Speaker announcements coming soon. If you’d like to secure your free ticket to this live garden waste event (spaces are limited and subject to t’s and c’s), register below!

Check out our previous event Q&A’s here.

📅 Date: Wednesday 18th June 2025

⌚ Time: 09:00 – 15:00

📍 Location: Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham

🎟️ Price: FREE! First come first served basis.

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Agenda:

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and Networking

09:30 – 11:05 Session One: Garden Waste Management – Live Insights

Opening session, the garden waste landscape in 2025

Case study 1 – speaker tbc

Shropshire Council Case Study – Workflows

Tony Lewis, Lead Officer – Garden Waste, Shropshire Council

Chesterfield County Council Case Study – Service Changes

Angela Monro-Hall, Leisure, Culture and Community Wellbeing, Chesterfield County Council

10:50 – 11:05 Q+A

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10:05 – 11:35 Tea, Coffee and Networking Break

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11:35 – 12:50 Session Two: Utilising Technology to Optimise Services

How handheld technology has been a game-changer for garden waste

Nicola Jones, Waste Contracts Manager | Coventry City Council

Protecting Garden Waste Revenue Through Service Design & Optimisation

Rob Duddington, Account Executive. Routeware

The Importance of Integrations and The Little Green Book Takeaways

Louise Lambourne, Sales Director, Permiserv

12:50 – 13:05 Q+A

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13:05 – 13:55 Lunch and Networking

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13:55 – 14:55 Session Three – Panel Discussion

Green Waste, Tackling Key Council Challenges ( pricing and direct awards, vessels for garden waste, t’s and c’s, approaching the board, common challenges and how to overcome them)

Helen Ashcroft, Head of Resources and Waste, Trafford Council

Panel speakers tbc

14:55 – 15:00 Garden Waste Award Announcement and Photos

15:00 End of Event

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