Rubbish Talk

Episode 15: Scott Butler from Material Focus

On episode 15 of the Rubbish Talk podcast, we spoke to Scott Butler, Executive Director at Material Focus. Scott set up Material Focus, a not-for-profit organisation to build a world where materials are never wasted.  Before Material Focus, he set up and ran the UK operation for the European Recycling Platform (ERP), delivering environmental compliance for electricals, batteries and packaging to hundreds of companies, including many of the world’s tech giants.

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Episode 14: Gail Martin from CIWM

On episode 14 of the Rubbish Talk podcast, we spoke to Gail Martin, Centre Engagement Manager at CIWM. Gail initially joined the

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Episode 13: Robin Stevenson from Hamilton Waste

On episode 13 of the Rubbish Talk podcast, we spoke to Robin Stevenson, Managing Director at Hamilton Waste. Over the past 5 years Robin has inspired significant change within the industry, with Hamilton Waste becoming the first Scottish waste management company to attain a carbon neutral status through implementing a dedicated strategy of mitigation and offset measures.

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In episode 12 we talk to Jane Bond who has  worked in the waste industry for over 30 years in a variety of roles with consultancy, local authority and SEPA. Jane is currently the Project and Business Development Director at Albion Environmental (when she is not out on her bike!). In this episode Jane shares details of her current role and how she ended up in the industry with some interesting stories on her journey.

On episode 11 of the Rubbish Talk podcast, we have a great chat with George Niblock. A man with over 50 years experience in the Waste industry, George started his journey as an Apprentice Sanitary Inspector, working his way to Director of Environmental Health and then running his own consultancy Niblock Environmental Ltd for 14 years. George was Chair of CIWM SCC during their Centenary year and is now a Life Member and Fellow of CIWM, he was also Chartered EHO, Chartered Waste Manager and Chartered Environmentalist - Once a waster always a waster!

George is still very much involved in the sector despite being 'retired'. He is Chairperson of Inverurie Community Energy Society Ltd a not for profit Bencom, planning to bring district heating to Inverurie and surrounding area utilising the residual waste heat from a proposed EfW, with ambitions to bring social, economic and environmental benefits to the community.

George shares his experience in the industry, how things have changed since he first joined, what he thinks we could all be doing better. We have a lot more content coming from George in the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled.

We have a great chat with Jenny Grant, head of organics and natural capital for the REA (the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology), who has been involved in the organics and recycling industry for 20 years.

This episode, Jenny explains all about her role and how she ended up in the organics and recycling industry. She shares some shocking statistics about the impact of food waste and why it's so important we make more of an effort to recycle our unavoidable food waste.

You can find Jenny on socials..

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/renewable-energy-association/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/REAssociation

Website: https://www.r-e-a.net

We made it to Episode 10!! We have a great chat with Pamela Knox-Welsh, who is communications manager at Levenseat. Pamela has worked in the Waste Management industry for 9 years now and tells us how her unlikely journey began and how she has grown and progressed within the industry.

We chatted about the commercial side of the industry, and hear about some of the exciting projects Pamela is working on with the team at Levenseat.

Find out more about Levenseat and the work they do below:

www.levenseat.co.uk

www.learnwithlevenseat.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/company/levenseat-limited

Connect with Pamela on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pamela-knox-welsh-02b517a7

If you want to get in touch with Chris, you can email him: [email protected]

You can find out more about the PlasTell and other devices available from Matoha on their website: https://matoha.com/

On episode 9 of the Rubbish Talk podcast, we chatted to Jim Brown, Commercial Director at Binn Group. Jim has worked in the waste and recycling industry for over 30 years providing proactive waste management solutions for businesses across the UK with specialist knowledge of Retail, Public Sector / NHS, Food and drink, construction, and industrial sectors. He has spent the last 9 years at Binn Group, and continues to grow and develop the business and adjust to the ever-changing demands of the sector.

We discuss Jim's journey from keen Salesman to Commercial Director within the waste industry, and have a great chat as he shares his hobbies and job on the side!

You can contact Jim with any business enquiries at [email protected] Or connect on LinkedIn here. 

For more information about Binn Group, all details are on their website www.binngroup.co.uk

News Items: 

Links to some news items discussed on episode 9 are below:

Juul Labs e-cigarette fines: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65258827 

Matoha PlasTell Machine: https://matoha.com/plastics-identification

DRS Delayed in Scotland: https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/scottish-drs-delayed-again-until-march-2024/

We have a Rubbish Talk first this week - Simon Glen is our first guest who purposely entered the waste industry!! We have a great chat with Simon where he explains how he went from an economics, philosophy and social science degree to a Masters in Waste Management and never looked back. With a dynamic mix of projects under his belt, we discuss Simon's current role working across 2 businesses, Natural Capital Analysis and Gather. There is a number of influential people mentioned who shaped Simon's career and it's only fair we give them another shout out -

Gholam Jamnejad

Dr Colin Clark

Caroline Gallacher

Nick Grove-White

Bob Gilmour

Jim Baird

Eric Melrose

Irvine Morrison

Colin Murchison

Ken Morin

Jestyn Davies

Links for some of the topics mentioned in the episode's news round up!

For the Runners:

https://barkleymovie.com/

https://run247.com/running-news/trail/barkley-marathons-2023-live-tracking-latest-results

https://thegreenrunners.com/

https://www.ultradamo.com/

http://jasminfellrunner.blogspot.com/