Specialist Expert Groups (SEGs)

Tackling the environmental damage caused by modern societal behaviours – climate change, plastic pollution, resource depletion, biodiversity loss – is going to take collective effort and knowledge.

CIWM members and volunteers have the skills, expertise and passion to help combat these growing challenges. As the professional body for resource and waste managers, it’s our job to help facilitate these solutions, and our Policy & Innovation Forum and Strategic Expert Groups will play a major role in this mission.

Led by CIWM members and volunteers, the SEGs will reflect the constantly shifting policy and industry landscapes and work at a broad, strategic level. They offer an opportunity for CIWM to foster the knowledge and insights of its members to give them the tools to make measurable changes.

We want SEGs to mobilise the industry to make the most of the opportunities presented by government reforms and build a lasting and resilient sector that can drive real changes and protect and conserve our planet for future generations to come.

If you have any questions, do contact the Technical Team.

 

~ Infrastructure, Services and Operation Strategic Expert Group ~

~ Climate Emergency Strategic Expert Group ~

~ Producer Responsibility Strategic Expert Group ~

~ Behaviour Change Strategic Expert Group ~

~ Resource Efficient Design Strategic Expert Group ~

Technical Communities

CIWM’s Technical Communities (TCs) is the new name for special interest groups.  They are still the engine room for the body of knowledge that deals with the activities covered within the sustainable resources and waste management sector. The work of the TCs is invaluable and CIWM encourages more members to become involved in these groups.

In order for these groups to function efficiently the Institution needs the groups to comprise of enthusiastic people working in the resource and waste sector. TCs are on the Connect platform  and are accessible to members of CIWM and if you are working as a regulator or within policy for the sector, but not a member of CIWM wishing to engage with our TCs then please do contact the Technical Team.

CIWM welcomes you to contribute to the promotion of the resources and waste agenda through the specific activities of the TCs by joining in the discussion or starting a new thread on a specific topic. These groups will provide the authoritative technical resource that is the basis for some excellent publications, best practice documents, guidance documents and consultation responses on behalf of CIWM, as they will be the conduit the Policy and Technical Team will use to form Task and Finish Groups or Advisory Groups.

The Technical Team will engage with the Technical Communities on specific issues, inform members of events, papers or information that may be of interest, so ensure you turn on notifications to keep up to date.  Members are invited to engage in a many TCs as they wish, those that relate to your work role or just those that you have an interest in. 

If you have any questions please email the Technical Team

~ Bioresources ~

~ Circular Economy ~

~ Collection and Transport ~

~ Energy from Waste ~

~ Environmental Quality ~

~ Hazardous Waste ~

~ Health & Safety ~

~ Healthcare Waste ~

~ Landfill ~

~ Prevention, Reuse and Repair ~

~ Reprocess & Recycle ~

~ Waste Regulation and Legislation ~