[GreenYes] Paris Resource Recovery Park Conference, 5/31-6/2, 2006

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

Apologies for Cross-Postings
The exhibition on resource recovery parks & recycled raw materials
31st of May to 2nd of June 2006 - Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles - France
Nouvelles Ressources?
Inexorable waste growth, its harmful impact on 
our environment, increasingly restrictive 
European and national directives, insufficient 
recycling plants and infrastructures, the growing 
cost of managing waste... All these factors lead 
to a major opportunity for those local, regional, 
or national authorities and wider stakeholders 
who realise that waste is also a source of 
"secondary raw materials". This source remains 
largely untapped, despite offering significant 
value add and considerable market potential.

Waste is resource. Let's create wealth from waste

In order to preserve the environment and engage 
in long-term development, and considering that 
50% to 70% of waste is a potential resource, 
local authorities and their partners can involve 
society, businesses and cities in major 
innovations to stimulate economic growth. By 
harnessing this vast and under-utilised resource 
at hand, local authorities and their partners 
have an opportunity to develop new economic 
activity and long-term job creation.

Resource recovery parks are at the heart of the opportunity

New generations of resource parks are flourishing 
throughout Europe, North America, Asia and 
Australasia. These vibrant centres of activity 
enable local economies to establish new dynamics 
for managing waste collection, processing and 
sale of resources derived from household, 
municipal, industrial and corporate waste. They 
also help to effectively develop prevention and 
educational activities around the environment, 
re-use, repair and resale of popular consumer 
goods, and last but not least, it helps sustain new local businesses.

NOUVELLES RESSOURCES will be an opportunity to 
assemble all the key players in the secondary raw 
materials market sector in one place over a 3 day period.

Why a show case on resource recovery parks & secondary raw materials ?
Nouvelles Ressources?

Resource recovery park
6000m2  show case for professionals to 
demonstrate their know-how, expertise, 
technologies and services leveraging the "3Rs": Reduction, Re-use, Recycling.

1 - Voluntary contribution centres, tanks, 
handling containers and waste collection vehicles.

At home, in residential areas, in high-rise 
buildings, at workstations, in corporations, 
commercial zones, administrative buildings, etc? 
professionals' know-how, services, and equipment 
available to local authorities who wish to 
develop and facilitate selective waste 
collection, voluntary waste sorting and its transportation...

2 - Recycling industry players
Professionals buying secondary raw materials for 
their own production needs: paper, cardboard, 
plastics, glass, metals, organic waste, textiles, construction materials...

3 - Professionals and equipment to prepare, treat 
and exploit raw materials locally
Handling, dismantling, reconditioning, 
transforming, grinding, crushing, granulation, 
sieving, sorting, evaluating, separating, 
stabilising ?the technology and equipment, small 
local units? to derive value from plastics, 
textiles, organic waste, construction and 
de-construction waste, ferrous and non-ferrous 
metals, papers and cardboard, glass and ceramics, 
used wood, soil and mud, bulk waste.

4 - Approved businesses and organisations that 
manage "Extended Producer Responsibility"
Organisations mandated by industry players to 
collect and extract value from packaging, tires, 
electrical and electronic components, oils, 
batteries, heavy metals, paints, toxic waste...

A show case bringing together major players
involved in exploiting recycled raw materials

5 - Associations focused on consumer issues, and 
social solidarity and environmental issues

Expertise, experiences and undertakings of 
community organisations which can partner with 
local communities and industry in order to 
support development of local prevention and 
sustainable development policies targeted at 
citizens, schools, local businesses, enterprises,?

6 - Education, public participation and communications professionals
Consultants, training companies, agencies? 
specialised in public participation, training and 
prevention communication, eco-conception, 
recycling, composting? and more generally about 
sustainable managing of recycled raw materials.

7 - Study and research centres, and universities
Eco conception, material evaluation, product 
lifecycle? organisations leading studies on
materials, channels, environmental impacts and new markets opportunities.

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Throughout the exhibition, plenary conferences, 
thematic workshops, partner workshops and 
roundtables will allow delegates to exchange and 
share the best experiences in terms of resource 
parks and local exploitation of secondary materials.

1 - "Resource Recovery park" programmes
- The 10 rules to successfully launch a resource park
- Resource parks and long term job creation
- Resource parks to sustain new local enterprise
- Successful business models for resource parks
- Efficient Management models for resource parks
- How to target secondary raw materials markets, and what are the benefits?
- Practical case studies: 5 remarkable best practices
- And much more

2 - "Local exploitation of secondary raw materials" programmes
- Developing recycling collection programs in high-rise living
- Next generation voluntary contribution centres and waste sorting
- Local opportunities for exploiting plastics/ textiles/ glass, etc
- And more

An "Advisory Council" representing all the major 
players involved, will finalise the show case 
programme, will also invite international players 
who bring experience of setting up resource 
recovery parks in their own countries.

A show case to share experiences from France,
Europe and the world

Specifically targeted participants

And major media coverage
A major media coverage plan including press, 
radio and TV will create awareness while a 
mailing programme will target following decision makers :
- Local elected representatives and local public 
sector executives and technical staff of the 2000 French interurban communities
- Mayors of localities with more than 10 000 inhabitants
- Chairmen and local public sector executives in 
charge of the environment at the General Councils
- Presidents and elected representatives of 26 French regions
- Leaders and technical staff from management and waste processing syndicates
- Recycling industries
- Services executives from major corporations
- Presidents of environmental non profit organization.

To find out more?
- To take part in the Advisory Council in charge 
of the show case and the exhibition
- To become a NOUVELLES RESSOURCES partner
- To book a stand on the showcase or to organise P.R.

Contacts:
Didier TOQUE - Trade show manager
Laurent LOUIS Managing director
Tél : +33(0)1 46 94 06 93
Email : info@no.address

Nouvelles Ressources?
3 rue de Vanves - 92100 Boulogne Billancourt - France
Tél +33(0)1 46 94 06 93
Fax +33(0)1 55 20 95 29
info@no.address


Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com