Optimised Waste & Logistics Roadshow

BELFAST HOSTS OPTIMISED WASTE & LOGISTICS ROADSHOW & CONFERENCE

An Optimised Waste & Logistics (OWL) roadshow and conference was recently staged at the impressive Titanic Centre in Belfast; it was one of a number held throughout the UK this year.

OWL brings together suppliers from the waste, transport and logistics industries to develop products and services that are truly integrated. OWL partners are individual organisation specialists working together and leading the way in both the development of fully integrated sustainable solutions and driving up standards of safety and compliance. OWL Roadshows are go-to events for both public sector and private fleet operators, covering topics including air quality, waste management, fleet management, electric HGVs and sweepers and RCVs, street cleansing, telematics, safety, sustainability, driver behaviour, tracking and route optimisation. Speakers at the Belfast conference included Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards & North Down Borough Council/ Vice Chair IRTE NI, Rachael Hook, Head of Recycling and Waste Sector, Climate Action Plan DAERA and Michael Hutchinson, from the South Eastern Regional College who highlighted the skills the future technician will need, how a repair facility needs to prepare for Net Zero 2050, and future career paths in the transport industry. Among vehicles on display were a Bucher CityCat V20e electric road sweeper, a Dennis Eagle Elite+ and a Macpac Tip 120 mounted on an Iveco CNG powered chassis; designed for the collection of multiple waste steams, the vehicle had a Macpod food pod with a side bin lifter.

Rachael Hook, Head of Recycling and Waste Sector, Climate Action Plan DAERA, speaking at the OWL Roadshow.

Bucher’s Craig Mitchell, Ben Williams and Ryan Ferguson. Drew Stewart, Stewart Commercials, and John Allen, Mac Pac Refuse Bodies.

Mac Pac Tip 120 mounted on an Iveco CNG powered chassis.

Michael Hutchinson, Education Officer IRTE; Alan Gault, Chairman IRTE Ireland North; and Jeff Shaw, Vice Chairman IRTE Ireland North. Paul McCrory, MBNI; Adam Finlay, MBNI; and Philip Chance, Mercedes-Benz Municipal Specialist.

A Bucher V65 Road Sweeper. Bucher CityCat V20e electric road sweeper. A Dennis Eagle Elite+ on display.