Big Interview
Key opinion within waste management
BIG INTERVIEW: Charlotte Morton, ADBA
I meet Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA), on a platform at Waterloo station on a freezing morning. We are en route to visit the Malaby Biogas AD plant in Warminster, Wiltshire, and she turns up just minutes before our train is due to depart.
Big interview: Anne McIntosh MP
Efra chair and Conservative MP Anne McIntosh hopes to push the waste industry’s concerns up the agenda
The Big Interview: quality matters for Gemma Barratt
Waste management is such a huge industry with significant impacts, the fact I can feel comfortable that I’m part of a company that is doing something for the environment is important
A different attitude brings its rewards
Last January Sean Feeney started as chief executive of troubled WEEE recycler EnvironCom. Andrea Lockerbie finds out how he has re-focused the business and taken it from loss to profit
WRAP ponders its next move
Steve Creed has been at WRAP since 2002 in a variety of business roles. Andrea Lockerbie finds out how he has seen the sector’s business challenges change in that time
Waste in the heart of the city
London could become a ground-breaking city in terms of waste management, according to chairman of the London Waste and Recycling Board. Andrea Lockerbie met him to find out more
Building up a new business presence
Paul Taylor has been chief executive of WRG since the end of 2009. Andrea Lockerbie finds out what his plans are for the future of the business
Embracing change
In the past few years, organics recycler Teg has achieved spectacular growth. Andrea Lockerbie meets chief executive Mick Fishwick to find out more about its plans
Big is beautiful
Following news that it has secured £24m for its expansion, Andrea Lockerbie visits ECO Plastics in Lincolnshire to meet founder and chief executive Jonathan Short
Holistic approach
Andrea Lockerbie meets Marcel Goemans and Simon Langley of consultancy and contractor MWH to find out more about its recent acquisition
Experience counts
In April, Paul Levett left his role as deputy chief executive of Veolia so he could take a slower pace of life. Andrea Lockerbie met him to find out more about his plans.
International point of view
Ranjit Baxi is an established figure in the recovered paper sector, running his own export business and heading the BIR’s paper division. Andrea Lockerbie meets him to discuss challenges and opportunities in paper
‘I’ve enjoyed selling two million compost bins’
After seven years at WRAP, Phillip Ward is moving on. Before his departure, he looked over his record with Paul Sanderson
Straight talking
Jonathan Straight is an entrepreneur who has succeeded in the recycling industry. Paul Sanderson went to Leeds to meet him
Embracing a changing paper world
Quality is still king at Aylesford Newsprint, as Paul Sanderson found out from Andrew Perkins
Beating the big players to those waste contracts
SWR is a rapidly growing yet fairly recent entrant on the waste and recycling scene. Paul Sanderson met chief executive Giles Whiteley to discover more about the company
A super-charged technology
Vertal is a south London company pioneering a new technique to deal with food waste - and it isn’t AD. Paul Sanderson reports
Councils in May Gurney's sights
May Gurney has been in the waste industry for only two years, but its chief executive Philip Fellowes-Prynne already sees it as a key part of its business, as Paul Sanderson discovers
Finding a new language for waste
William Tracey Group provides a wide range of waste management services, primarily in Scotland. Paul Sanderson met managing director Michael Tracey to find out how the business is growing
Keep doing the right thing
Dicom Paal’s managing director Craig Heley is confident about UK baler manufacturing. He explains why to Paul Sanderson
Partnership builds a business in waste
Known more for its construction work, Kier has been developing its presence in the waste management sector. Paul Sanderson finds out more
David Palmer-Jones: local government 'is in Sita's DNA'
With sobering business times facing the global economy in the coming years, Paul Sanderson spoke to Sita UK’s chief executive to find out how the company plans to cope
Through the regulations maze
Changes to Germany’s packaging regulations have led to confusion. Paul Sanderson met Landbell compliance scheme board member Dieter Arning to get some clarity
The Big Interview with Chris Oldfield
Chris Oldfield is managing director of Riverside Waste Machinery. Paul Sanderson travelled to Yorkshire to find out how this business beat the recession
