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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Osprey Room

Overview

Tyre Stewardship market development in action. Liam O'keefe, Tyre Stewardship Australia


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Tyre Stewardship Australia has been established to administer the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme which aims to improve management of end of life tyres across Australia and support the development of end markets for tyre-derived products. The Tyre Stewardship Research Fund is the key mechanism TSA utilizes to deliver funding to innovative market initiatives to increase demand for Australian recycled tyre product. This presentation will look at the Market Development TSA has underway including the collaborative research frameworks TSA has underway to open markets in the roads, rail, prefabricated building sector and more.


Speaker

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Mr Liam O'Keefe
Head of Stewardship
APCO

Tyre Stewardship market development in action

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM

Abstract

Biography

Liam O’Keefe is Market Development Manager of Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA). TSA has been established to administer the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme which aims to improve management of end of life tyres across Australia and support the development of end markets for tyre-derived products. Liam is a recognised industry leader having spent around 15 years working across the waste and recycling, energy, education and business sectors. He has worked extensively in local and state government, lectures at RMIT University and managed his own business for many years developing innovative sustainably oriented business initiatives in Australia, New Zealand and beyond. 

Chairperson

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Grant Musgrove
CEO
Australian Council of Recycling

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