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NEWS AND EVENTS
Webinar Series
The Chair in Waste and Society hosts a Webinar Series which serves as an interactive forum for research engagement. To receive future Webinar invitations, please send your contact details to info@wasteandsociety.co.za
Date |
Presenter |
Topic |
Recording |
| 18 June 2020 | Prof Martin Oteng-Ababio (Ghana) Facilitator: Dr Melanie Samson (University of the Witwatersrand) |
The informal e-waste recycling sector in Agbogbloshie Ghana: One label, many lives | DOWNLOAD |
| 16 July 2020 | Prof Kubanza (University of the Witwatersrand) Facilitator: Dr Lizette Grobler (University of the Western Cape) |
Some happy, others sad: exploring environmental justice in solid waste management in Kinshasha | DOWNLOAD |
| 30 July 2020 | Thea Schoeman and Liza Marie Volschenk (University of Johannesburg) Facilitator: Dr Suzall Timm (University of Johannesburg |
TBC: Perceptions about separation at source in Johannesburg and Drakenstein | DOWNLOAD |
| 14 August 2020 | Charlotte Nell (Stellenbosch University) Facilitator: Dr Marlin Hoffmann (University of the Western Cape) |
Change in household waste composition over time | DOWNLOAD |
| 3 September 2020 | Waste Society (University of Lapland) Facilitator: Prof Catherina Schenck (University of the Western Cape) |
Meet and greet session (limited attendance) https://wastesociety.com/ |
DOWNLOAD |
| 17 September 2020 | Prof Jutta Gutberlet (University of Victoria, Canada) Dr Melanie Samson (University of the Witwatersrand) Facilitator: Prof Linda Godfrey (CSIR) |
TBC: Discussion between Prof Gutberlet and Dr Samson on informal waste reclaimers | DOWNLOAD |
| 1 October 2020 | Prof Catherina Schenck and Dr Lizette Grobler (University of the Western Cape) Facilitator: Prof Derick Blaauw (North West University) |
Littering: Perceptions from Drakenstein, Mankweng and Calvinia | DOWNLOAD |
| 14 October 2020 | Prof Rebecca Davios (Texas State University) Facilitator: Prof Rinie Schenck (University of the Western Cape) |
TBC: Illegal dumping in the USA | |
| 5 November 2020 | Mr Alex Kimani (University of the Western Cape) Facilitator: Dr Rissa Niyobuhungiro (University of the Western Cape) |
TBC: Illegal Dumping in Drakenstein Municipality | |
| 12 November 2020 | Mr Johnathan Goeiman: (University of the Western Cape) Facilitator: Dr Takunda Chitaka (University of the Western Cape) |
The ‘Bakkie Brigade’ in Cape Town’s urban waste economy: exploring waste mobilities and the precariat | DOWNLOAD |
| 11 February 2021 | Prof Linda Godfrey Waste RDI Roadmap manager CSIR Facilitator: Professor Jochen Petersen |
“Why research is important: Placing South Africa’s research within the context of key issues facing the waste sector” | DOWNLOAD |
| 18 February 2021 | Dr Anesu Makina Facilitator: Professor Henrik Ernston |
Understanding the codes of conduct in the informal waste sector | DOWNLOAD |
| 25 February 2021 | Dr Melanie Samson (University of Witwatersrand) Facilitator: TBC |
Designing Waste Picker Integration Programmes: Seven Key Questions | DOWNLOAD |
| 11 March 2021 | Mr Rob van Hille (Private consultant) Facilitator: Dr Marlin Hoffman |
“Jou ma se Tupperware”(your mother’s Tupperware)- insight into the re-usebehaviour of PP tubs | DOWNLOAD |
| 25 March 2021 | Dr Nate Millington, Prof Henrik Ernston and Dr Kathleen Stokes (University of Manchester) Facilitator: Dr Melanie Samson |
Turning Livelihoods to Rubbish”: Understanding the Political Ecology of Urban Waste in South Africa | |
| 8 April 2021 | Prof Catherine Alexander (University of Durham) Facilitator: Pierre Reyneke |
TBC | |
| 15 April 2021 | Mr Teemu Loikanen (University of Lapland) Facilitator: Dr Lizette Grobler |
“Infrastructural Waste Citizenship in Finland” | |
| 22 April 2021 | Dr Kathleen Stokes (Manchester University) Facilitator: Professor Henrik Ernston |
Waste Labour and Infrastructural Citizenship: State-led Community Waste Initiatives in South African Cities’ | |
| 6 May 2021 | Mrs Alison Davison Facilitator: Prof Derick Blaauw |
Buy back centres in Cape Town | |
| 13 May 2021 | Prof Willie Haase |
The objectives of the Waste & Society webinar are as follows:
- To share information among different stakeholders
- To encourage the exchange of knowledge among different stakeholders
- To build an analysis of key challenges and issues in the waste management sector
The deliverables of the Waste & Society webinar series ARE:
- Interaction with relevant stakeholders (public and private) in the waste management sector
- Platform that brings together postgraduate students from different universities to share information and exchange ideas
- Information sharing among different stakeholders
- Cross-border platform of engagement about waste management on the continent and internationally