Talking Dirty - An Environmental Blog: Resourcing The Future 2017 Conference

This is a special conference edition of 'Talking Dirty' live from the 'Resourcing the Future 2017 Conference – a partnership event by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, Environmental Services Association, Resource Association and Waste and Resources Action Programme in London.

This year's conference was very different from previous years both in terms of the composition of the delegation (a much wider spread beyond just the waste sector) and the level of controversy in some of the presentations (none of the speakers were mincing their words!). This was also a very different experience for me personally compared to the last RtF conference I attended in 2015. Two years on, I am a Chartered member of CIWM and have developed relationships with many of the familiar faces in the sector on a national level – otherwise known at the conference as the Twitterati! There was plenty of friendly banter on twitter from all those falling under that banner (have a look