SmartSheffield #18 - Sophie Walker: "Can open data & digitalisation turn rubbish into resources?"

Sophie Walker is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of waste data company Dsposal, and it’s sister social enterprise Your Dsposal. She is on a mission to “empower people to know what happens to their waste and make better decisions about it, bringing transparency and accountability to the waste display chain.”

For more, please visit: Dsposal

These slides were presented at SmartSheffield#18 on May 17th 2021 - please see the Event Website for a full video of the talk.

Transcript

1. #SmartSheffield Can open data turn rubbish into resources?
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9. of the UK’s hazardous waste disappears from the legitimate waste industry 64% Mapping the risk of serious and organised crime infiltrating legitimate businesses – March 2021
10. Passive Compliance Making the right thing to do, the easiest thing to do
15. Environmental Consultants Waste Companies Disposal Authorities Environmental Regulators Local Authorities Compliance Schemes Information Providers Software Companies General Public Open Data Standard Open Dataset Open Data Community Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) Open Data Project Funded and supported by Open3R Data Standard
16. https://openwastemap.uk/