DCW gives his final speech as CIWM President
The Gaelic Football team which Enda Kiernan manages appeared in the lead photo story of the previous day’s Irish Times
Professor David C Wilson handed over the Presidency of CIWM, the UK and Irish professional body for resources and waste, to Enda Kiernan at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 13 November 2018. He highlighted plastics – both plastics entering the oceans and China’s ban on imports for recycling – as the dominant topic in his Presidential year. The public focus on marine plastics also helped dissemination of his Presidential report, the CIWM-Wasteaid Toolkit Making Waste Work; the website clocked 56,000 visits in its first year, with 7,000 downloads. DCW introduced his fellow Irishman, Enda Kiernan of Cork County Council as the next President. CIWM waited more than a century for its first Irish President; now we have had three in five years, and two in a row, although Enda is the first from the Republic of Ireland.
The chain of office is removed from DCW to pass over to Enda Kiernan
DCW congratulates Enda Kiernan on becoming the 103rd President of CIWM
Enda Kiernan presents DCW with his Past President’s medal