Incoming CIWM President hosts 2011 Professional Awards

CIWM Press Release
Wednesday 19th October 2011

In front of over 100 invited guests, the new 2011/12 CIWM President Derek Greedy was inaugurated yesterday at One Great George Street, London.

Derek, who takes over the mantle from Barry Dennis, has worked in both the public and private sectors of the waste and resources management industry for well over 30 years. He joined Cambridgeshire County Council in 1975, where he was responsible for the regulation of hazardous waste movements and site licensing, before becoming become landfill and technical manager for two of the UK's largest waste management companies. He then worked for three years in consultancy before joining Warwickshire County Council as Principal Waste Management Advisor in 2005.

Derek has been a Fellow of the Institution since 1999 and has been chair of both the Midlands Centre Council and the Institution's Scientific and Technical Committee, as well as representing the Institution and the sector on a number of working groups for Defra, BSI, DCLG and Regional Technical Advisory Bodies.

In his presidential address, Derek focused on the important role the Institute can play in promoting the wider resource management agenda, and highlighted key issues for his presidential year, including health and safety, international co-operation, and planning and localism.

Chris Murphy, deputy chief executive of CIWM, said: "Derek will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the presidential role, and will be a fitting ambassador as the Institution looks to strengthen its profile and use its body of knowledge to encourage greater sharing of best practice and expertise."

The inauguration ceremony was followed by the CIWM Professional Awards, which celebrate skills and knowledge across a wide spectrum of waste management activities. In total, eight awards were presented:

The Roger Perry Award for Best Research Paper went to Jacqueline Fitzgerald for her paper entitled 'Waste treatment infrastructure requirements for municipal solid waste and commercial/industrial waste in England 2010-2020', written as part of her Environment Engineering MSc course at Imperial College.

The James Sumner Award, comprising a bursary of £1000, went to Gwyndaf Parry from AEA Technology, who will use the money to attend the International Conference at the University of Minho in Guimaraes, Portugal.

The Waste Regulation Award was presented to Ian Williams (University of Southampton), Chris Wilson (RBS Mentor Services) and Simon Kemp (University of Southampton) for their paper entitled 'Compliance with Producer Responsibility Legislation: experiences from UK small and medium size enterprises' for his paper (Business Strategy and the Environment, July 2010, Wiley Online Library)

The J C Dawes Bursary for £2000 was awarded to waste consultant Chris Davey who will be travelling to Spain, France, Italy to research restrictions on lightweighting bottles imposed by major European wine regions.

The James Jackson Medal went to Jayne Cox (Brook Lyndhurst), Sara Giorgi (Brook Lyndhurst), Veronica Sharp (Social Marketing Practice), David C Wilson (consultant and advisor to Defra), Kit Strange (Resource Recovery Forum) and Nick Blakey (Defra) for their paper 'Household waste prevention - a review of evidence' (Waste Management & Research, March 2010, ISWA).

The PEEL People's Cup was awarded to Lakeside Energy from Waste Ltd in Colnbrook for an exceptional team approach, high levels of motivation and commitment, and a deep sense of pride in what they do.

The other two shortlisted finalists were highly commended: Veolia's Norris Way Household Waste Recycling Centre and Keenan Recycling.

The Geotech Award, comprising a £1500 bursary, went to Kevin Monson from WYG for his paper 'The future roles of landfill gas and biogas', presented on the day.

• Finally, the Ben Heath Award for the best presentation for the different CIWM regional centres went to:
  
  

• East Anglian Centre
• Mike Walters: 'John Lewis and Waitrose current recycling and waste activity'
• Midlands Centre
• Gerrard Fisher: 'An introduction to WEEE (or getting you WEEE fit)'
• North East Centre
• Neil Ferris: 'Insulation or yogurt pots - which direction is your strategy taking and why?'
• Northern Ireland Centre
• Andrew Scott and Kim McLaughlin: 'The Northern Ireland Local Government Improvement, Collaboration and Efficiency Programme'
• Republic of Ireland Centre
• Carrie Ann Moran: 'Rediscover fashion'
• Welsh Centre
• Frank O'Connor: 'Eco design requires empathy'

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Notes to Editors:

1. The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) is the leading professional body for the waste management sector representing over 7000 individuals in the UK and overseas. Established in 1898, CIWM is a non profit-making organisation, dedicated to the promotion of professional competence amongst waste managers. CIWM seeks to raise standards for those working in and with the sector by producing best practice guidance, developing educational and training initiatives, and providing information on key waste-related issues.

2. The CIWM 2011/12 Presidential team comprises:

President: Derek Greedy

Senior Vice President: John Skidmore

Junior Vice President: David Beadle

3. Comprehensive information about CIWM can be found at www.ciwm.co.uk

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