Episode 17: Laura Young, Award Winning Climate Activist & Ethical Influencer

On this super exciting episode of Rubbish Talk, we spoke with Laura Young, award winning climate activist, environmental scientist, and ethical influencer. Laura was recently awarded the ⁠Scottish Influencer of the Year - Inspiration⁠ for her work.

Laura discusses life as a PHD student and expands on her mission to ban vapes across the UK. She provides helpful tips and insights on how we can all make a change and aim to reduce waste!

For more information on the news articles discussed please visit the Rubbish Talk website.

You can visit Less Waste Lauras website here and visit her social media channels @LessWasteLaura

Episode 16: Charlie Devine from Dundee Waste Partnership 

On episode 16 of the Rubbish Talk podcast, we spoke with Charlie Devine, Service Manager for the Waste Partnership in Dundee City Council. Charlie has 30 plus years of involvement and experience within the waste and resources sector and is currently the Service Manager for the Waste Partnership at Dundee City Council which is an innovative partnership between Dundee City and Angus Councils for the treatment and disposal of their residual waste. 

For more information on the news articles discussed please visit the Rubbish Talk website. 

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.

For more information on the news articles discussed please visit the Rubbish Talk website.

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

For more information on the news articles discussed please visit the Rubbish Talk website.

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.

For more information on the news articles discussed please visit the ⁠Rubbish Talk website.

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]

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