1.Bid writing workshops in December and January
This training course will provide delegates with practical bid writing techniques, enabling them to produce focused proposals, increase their success rates and win new resources for their organisation.
Idox’s “Bid Writing Workshop” is ideal for staff from public and not-for-profit organisations who are expected to write funding applications as part of their job role. Delegates are encouraged to bring along funding applications they are working on, or bids that have previously been submitted by their organisation for use in the practical elements of the day.
See work info here: Idox workshops
2. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on waste management in England
See a copy of the report here: EFRA Committee waste management report
3. The survivability of Ebola in healthcare waste
This CDC guidance is intended to provide additional clarity on options for waste management practices to appropriately dispose of Ebola waste.
See the CDC report: CDC guidance document
4. Defra consultation on waste definition
Defra is seeking to clarify the application of the definition of waste to reuse and repair activities, by calling on stakeholder opinions in order to “fully examine the issue”.
The Waste Prevention programme for England published in December 2013, committed Government to providing clarification on the application of the definition of waste to re-use and repair activities.
Please get in touch if you have any questions or send your response to the waste prevention mailbox (wasteprevention@defra.gsi.gov.uk) for the attention of Ibby Sanusi byFriday 30th January 2015.
See the document here: Defra consultation
5.DECC stakeholder meeting on ecodesign and energy labelling
The presentations used at DECC’s energy-using product stakeholder meeting held on the 11th November in London. The next meeting will be held in spring 2015.
See slides here: DECC stakeholder meeting
6. Environment Agency consultation on WM2
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on the hazardous waste guidance document WM2. The deadline for responses is 13 February, 2015.
See the document here: WM2 consultation documents