60 seconds with...British Metals Recycling Association chief executive James Kelly New chief executive of the British Metals Recycling Association sits down with RWW to talk through its new strategy. 1 comment Earthworm founder Ben Prior: 'Investors are OK with us taking a little bit of risk' “There’s been loads of times where I thought I should never have left my job and I was looking into the abyss, but it those times you know what you’re made of.” Globechain's May-Al Karooni: 'Building corporate with a conscience' Most of you reading this will remember a time before online marketplaces. PowerHouse Energy's Keith Allaun: 'Let's extract everything we can from plastics' Call it serendipity or good judgement, Keith Allaun has always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Cora Ball founder Rachael Miller: 'We wanted to be part of the textile microfiber solution' Marine plastic was for good reason one of the most popular topics of last year. Ocean skipper Emily Penn: 'You can't capture the plastic problem but it feels endless' For years we’ve used our seas to discover new countries, cultures and aquatic species. How FoodCloud is using technology to reduce food waste FoodCloud is a not for profit organisation which creates innovative solutions for the food industry to donate surplus food to the charitable sector. Surfers Against Sewage chief executive Hugo Tagholm: 'We need brave legislation' If you flew an aerial camera over Cornwall’s Perranporth beach, you’d be sure to spot families dressed in matching wetsuits, colossal waves crashing against the cliffs and children asking their parents to take a look at their latest sandcastle masterpiece. Newgate Communications partner Simon Gentry: "A deposit return scheme will depend on the public for success" Without wanting to sound too pessimistic, it feels as if the UK is becoming a more polarised nation by the day. Zero waste festival founder Maudie Johnson: 'We survived as a human race before plastic and we certainly can after' We’ve all seen the pictures of the aftermath of a big festival. TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky: 'We're trying to make living a waste-free life more convenient' Not many CEOs in the waste management industry can claim to have set up their own business while still at university, written three books, produced and starred in a reality show, delivered lectures at top universities and won a string of awards. Fashion designers VIN + OMI: 'Normally people are competitive about a cut or style but now it's where you got your plastic from' If you had dressed the likes of Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Debbie Harry and countless other celebrities, you’d surely want to shout it from the rooftops. Cupclub founder Safia Qureshi: 'Recycling is not going to save us' While the rest of the world may see us Brits as a nation of tea drinkers, our habits appear to be evolving. INCPEN chief executive Paul Vanston: 'There has been a very large public wind of change' As the public, big business and government turn their backs on plastic and packaging, there would be reason to believe the packaging sector is hiding in the shadows, scared of widespread angry condemnation. Coca-Cola EP's Joe Franses: 'We want a world without waste' Coca-Cola European Partners’ Joe Franses discusses the multinational bottling company’s sustainability action plan Hubbub founder Trewin Restorick: 'The issue is always bigger than the organisation' Cast your mind back to 2014. American space agency NASA makes its first successful comet landing, Germany’s football team (unsurprisingly) wins the World Cup in Rio, and humans continue to use up the planet’s limited resources. CSG regional manager Jen Cartmell: 'Quite often it's women who have to sacrifice the work side of the balance' CSG’s Jen Cartmell is a rarity in the male-dominated waste management industry, but her interest in tackling the gender imbalance is matched by the company’s attitude to diversity and innovation. Prismm Environmental MD Mike Jackson: "We aim to recycle the unrecyclable" "I'm not sure I’ll have anything interesting to say,” says Mike Jackson, managing director of waste consultancy Prismm Environmental. Nicola Everitt: 'People have shrimp waste they need to do something with, so why not make reusable bags' Whether it’s gently roasted on the BBQ, providing stock for a seafood linguine or the key ingredient in a prawn cocktail starter, shellfish is one of the nation’s culinary favourites. ESA executive director Jacob Hayler: 'We need to stop criminals entering the sector' Following news of a partnership between the Environmental Services Association (ESA) and the Environment Agency, RWW sits down with ESA executive director Jacob Hayler to find out what it means for the sector. Baroness Parminter: 'The government can't even produce their environment plan' The Lib Dems’ environment spokesperson, Baroness Kate Parminter, discusses past and present campaigns, the government’s green record, engaging the public – and Brexit. Rules of engagement The Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s boss, Terry A’Hearn, tells Geraldine Faulkner how he intends to make more businesses comply with regulations Waste zeitgeist German Association for Waste management president Thomas Obermeier explains how waste went from being seen as a contaminant to a resource, why the UK risks again becoming the dirty man of Europe, and champions the leading role Germany can play in educating China and other countries. Geraldine Faulkner reports Sea change Since launching in 2010, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's research and reports on the circular economy have gained in stature and caused people in power to take notice across Europe, at the World Economic Forum and beyond. Geraldine Faulkner speaks to the charity's eponymous founder and its executive officer Jocelyn Blériot Punching above its weight Resource Association chief executive Ray Georgeson tells Geraldine Faulkner how the trade body is ‘fighting the corner for reprocessing’ at a time of turbulence and with limited resources of its own, and why the UK government is failing the industry
60 seconds with...British Metals Recycling Association chief executive James Kelly New chief executive of the British Metals Recycling Association sits down with RWW to talk through its new strategy. 1 comment
Earthworm founder Ben Prior: 'Investors are OK with us taking a little bit of risk' “There’s been loads of times where I thought I should never have left my job and I was looking into the abyss, but it those times you know what you’re made of.”
Globechain's May-Al Karooni: 'Building corporate with a conscience' Most of you reading this will remember a time before online marketplaces.
PowerHouse Energy's Keith Allaun: 'Let's extract everything we can from plastics' Call it serendipity or good judgement, Keith Allaun has always seems to be in the right place at the right time.
Cora Ball founder Rachael Miller: 'We wanted to be part of the textile microfiber solution' Marine plastic was for good reason one of the most popular topics of last year.
Ocean skipper Emily Penn: 'You can't capture the plastic problem but it feels endless' For years we’ve used our seas to discover new countries, cultures and aquatic species.
How FoodCloud is using technology to reduce food waste FoodCloud is a not for profit organisation which creates innovative solutions for the food industry to donate surplus food to the charitable sector.
Surfers Against Sewage chief executive Hugo Tagholm: 'We need brave legislation' If you flew an aerial camera over Cornwall’s Perranporth beach, you’d be sure to spot families dressed in matching wetsuits, colossal waves crashing against the cliffs and children asking their parents to take a look at their latest sandcastle masterpiece.
Newgate Communications partner Simon Gentry: "A deposit return scheme will depend on the public for success" Without wanting to sound too pessimistic, it feels as if the UK is becoming a more polarised nation by the day.
Zero waste festival founder Maudie Johnson: 'We survived as a human race before plastic and we certainly can after' We’ve all seen the pictures of the aftermath of a big festival.
TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky: 'We're trying to make living a waste-free life more convenient' Not many CEOs in the waste management industry can claim to have set up their own business while still at university, written three books, produced and starred in a reality show, delivered lectures at top universities and won a string of awards.
Fashion designers VIN + OMI: 'Normally people are competitive about a cut or style but now it's where you got your plastic from' If you had dressed the likes of Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Debbie Harry and countless other celebrities, you’d surely want to shout it from the rooftops.
Cupclub founder Safia Qureshi: 'Recycling is not going to save us' While the rest of the world may see us Brits as a nation of tea drinkers, our habits appear to be evolving.
INCPEN chief executive Paul Vanston: 'There has been a very large public wind of change' As the public, big business and government turn their backs on plastic and packaging, there would be reason to believe the packaging sector is hiding in the shadows, scared of widespread angry condemnation.
Coca-Cola EP's Joe Franses: 'We want a world without waste' Coca-Cola European Partners’ Joe Franses discusses the multinational bottling company’s sustainability action plan
Hubbub founder Trewin Restorick: 'The issue is always bigger than the organisation' Cast your mind back to 2014. American space agency NASA makes its first successful comet landing, Germany’s football team (unsurprisingly) wins the World Cup in Rio, and humans continue to use up the planet’s limited resources.
CSG regional manager Jen Cartmell: 'Quite often it's women who have to sacrifice the work side of the balance' CSG’s Jen Cartmell is a rarity in the male-dominated waste management industry, but her interest in tackling the gender imbalance is matched by the company’s attitude to diversity and innovation.
Prismm Environmental MD Mike Jackson: "We aim to recycle the unrecyclable" "I'm not sure I’ll have anything interesting to say,” says Mike Jackson, managing director of waste consultancy Prismm Environmental.
Nicola Everitt: 'People have shrimp waste they need to do something with, so why not make reusable bags' Whether it’s gently roasted on the BBQ, providing stock for a seafood linguine or the key ingredient in a prawn cocktail starter, shellfish is one of the nation’s culinary favourites.
ESA executive director Jacob Hayler: 'We need to stop criminals entering the sector' Following news of a partnership between the Environmental Services Association (ESA) and the Environment Agency, RWW sits down with ESA executive director Jacob Hayler to find out what it means for the sector.
Baroness Parminter: 'The government can't even produce their environment plan' The Lib Dems’ environment spokesperson, Baroness Kate Parminter, discusses past and present campaigns, the government’s green record, engaging the public – and Brexit.
Rules of engagement The Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s boss, Terry A’Hearn, tells Geraldine Faulkner how he intends to make more businesses comply with regulations
Waste zeitgeist German Association for Waste management president Thomas Obermeier explains how waste went from being seen as a contaminant to a resource, why the UK risks again becoming the dirty man of Europe, and champions the leading role Germany can play in educating China and other countries. Geraldine Faulkner reports
Sea change Since launching in 2010, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's research and reports on the circular economy have gained in stature and caused people in power to take notice across Europe, at the World Economic Forum and beyond. Geraldine Faulkner speaks to the charity's eponymous founder and its executive officer Jocelyn Blériot
Punching above its weight Resource Association chief executive Ray Georgeson tells Geraldine Faulkner how the trade body is ‘fighting the corner for reprocessing’ at a time of turbulence and with limited resources of its own, and why the UK government is failing the industry
UK 'deeply concerned' about illegal trade of plastic waste in Malaysia The British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur has said it is “deeply concerned” about ...
France to ban destruction of unsold consumer products The French government is considering a ban on the destruction of unsold consumer ...