Strategic Expert Groups (SEGs)

Our SEGs and Policy & Innovation Forum, led by CIWM members and volunteers, respond to evolving policy and industry landscapes at a strategic level. Working in partnership with our Technical Communities, they provide opportunities to foster member knowledge and insights, equipping the community to drive measurable change.

We want SEGs to mobilise the industry to make the most of the opportunities presented by government reforms and build a lasting, resilient sector that can drive real change and protect and conserve our planet for future generations.

If you have any questions, please contact our Technical Team.

This Strategic Expert Group (SEG) provides technical support to help CIWM deliver its Policy and Innovation Forum three-year plan, developing its own working plan to prioritise the drive towards a circular economy and CIWM's purpose of moving the world beyond waste.

This group has a broad remit across waste streams, from household, commercial, and industrial sources to specific streams such as litter and fly-tipped waste. Its focus includes collection, transport, handling, and treatment, requiring broad SEG membership and engaging regulatory, legal, and contractual experts.

SEG members will champion infrastructure, services, and operations for CIWM, raising its profile and shaping the future of these areas within the resources and waste sector.

Most recently, we launched 'Can UK MRFs Survive Packaging Reform?' - a report providing practical guidance on material recovery facility (MRF) sampling methodology. Designed to improve material purity and operational consistency across the sector, the document outlines updated standards for sampling and characterisation. 

A case study in 2024 highlighted how one MRF has optimised its settings to separate flexible plastics from co-collected material.  This can be found in the Knowledge Centre.

The SEG has also published briefings on Chemical Recycling, Persistent Chemicals in Waste and Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

Joanne Wood (Chair) Monksleigh

Anne Laleman Alpha Financials Environmental

Paul Frith Frith Resource Management

Jon Marshall Zero Waste Scotland

Stephen Hodges Haggai Projects

Richard Botting Velocity

Jim Perkins JIC and Associates

Allan Key Sweetptech Environmental Services

John Ferguson Binn Eco Park

Owain Griffiths Circular Resource Specialists

Donal Doyle RPS Group

David Goodenough Cireco

Colin Fletcher Thalia Waste Management

The Built Environment SEG covers infrastructure (buildings, roads, airports, rail, energy - gas, water, etc) and supporting services that the built environment requires. This group exists to communicate, exchange, and advise on issues relating to the sustainable management of resources and waste within the built environment across the UK, Ireland, and the European Union.

The aims of the SEG are to share and disseminate information on built environment matters and contribute to the continuous improvement of construction, demolition, and excavation resources and waste management professionals throughout the built environment.

The SEG will review its agreed Terms of Reference (as agreed whilst it was a Technical Advisory Group). Summary meeting information for May 2025 and September 2025 will be published as downloadable PDF files and made available via links on the CIWM website.

Martin Ballard (Chair) Wates    

Emma Keen AWE Aldermaston

Rebecca Ffitch Balfour Beatty  

Carl Baker BAM

Paul Hutchinson MGL Group  

Kane Greenough Morgan Sindall

Andrew Staufenbiel Persimmon Homes Tracy Moffatt (Vice Chair)  Skanska

Andrew Hope Kier    

Shane Davey Tarmac

Sharon Palmer The Clancy Group  

Jane Bankes Willmott Dixon

Alison Dearden Wates      

Katherine Adams Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP)

Timothy Wilkes Winvic    

Jonathan Atkinson Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (CL:AIRE)

Graham Winter Environment Agency  

Paul Jennings Green Compass

Victoria Hughes BAM      

Cathy Myatt Chancery Gate

Kiro Tamer Kees    

David Holman Heidelberg Materials

Heathe Binnie John Sisk & Son  

Peter Kelly Kingspan Data and Flooring

Louise Sturman Morgan Sindall  

Tim Holding RSK Environment

Maggie Blackwell Building Research Establishment (BRE)   

Ed Everall Environment Agency

Nicole Walker Swift Environmental    

Charlie Law Sustainable Construction Solutions

Taryn Clements Harmony Environment  

Howard Button Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE)

Helen Davies-Pye HDP Environmental   

Brian Carroll National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC)

Maxine Townsend Skanska     

Tom O'Reilly Wates

The Producer Responsibility SEG exists to provide technical and policy-related expertise to CIWM and the resources and waste sector on matters relating to existing and potential Producer Responsibility frameworks, as well as other resources and waste-related legislation under The Environment Act 2021.

The SEG considers technical and policy-related matters relating to the practical aspects of Producer Responsibility and allied legislation relevant to the resources and waste sector and CIWM’s membership.

In September 2026, a new EPR Toolkit - Stage 1 authored by John Twitchen from Stuff4Life was published in partnership with the Circular Economy Institute, on using Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to support UK economic growth and resource efficiency. To turn policy ideas into practical schemes, the report sets out three main steps: designing practical toolkits for missing material streams, building on current UK compliance structures, and writing eco-design, reuse, and repair directly into future regulations.

John Twitchen (Chair) Env 23

Adreinna Zsakay Circular Economy Asia

Bill Dolan DAR Ltd

David Daw Valpak

David Reynolds Veolia

Gerrard Fisher QSA Partners

Martin Hyde Alupro

Dimitra Rappou Confederation of Paper Industries

John Redmayne ERP Recycling

Jordan Girling WRAP

Heidi Barnard NHS Supply Chain

Louisa Goodfellow Ecosurety

Nicola Jones Tata Steel

Paldeep Bhatti INCPEN

Ruth Innes NHS Scotland Assure

Valerii Borynskyi Independent

Mark Wood Jayplas

Saeed Oluwadipe Westminster City Council

The Behaviour Change SEG exists to provide specialist expertise to CIWM and the resources and waste sector on human factors and practical measures to encourage behaviour change, and to serve as a knowledge hub for behaviour change expertise.

This SEG is considered the lead technical advisory body within CIWM on behaviour change methodologies and practices that concern the future use of resources and achieving sustainable recovery from waste. The group encourages and supports businesses, local authorities, and the public in adopting behaviours that accelerate the transition to a circular society.

The SEG has produced a Behaviour Change Hierarchy to help those planning services and/or other interventions consider the likely impact of their design on achieving behaviour change. The principles set out here can be applied to other scenarios and sectors seeking to change behaviours, including wider environmental issues, transport, energy, and healthcare.

Stephen Bates (Chair) Mobius Agency

Amelia Luk Mott MacDonald

Emma Leask Zero Waste Scotland

Graham Winter Environment Agency

Helen White (Vice Chair) Tetra Tech

Michelle Whitfield Greater Manchester Local Authority

Neil Harrison NRW Wales

Sam Hubble WRAP    

Resource Efficient Design Strategic Expert Group exists to provide specialist expertise to CIWM, the resources and waste sector, and the wider value-chain, including the design community, on matters relating to determining, applying, and promoting design principles which will result in products being placed on the market being efficient in terms of resource use but which also facilitate desirable end-of-life options such as re-use, repair, and recycling.

The SEG considers and is the lead technical advisory body within CIWM for the collation of information relating to best practices in resource efficient design and designing for end-of-life considerations. The SEG is about the essentials of how CIWM and the wider sector should address the challenges in achieving resource efficient design and designing products for their end-of-life and support CIWM’s purpose to move the world beyond waste.

The first meeting was 10 June 2024. The Terms of Reference  have been agreed. Summary information from each meeting will be made available.

Tim Walker (Chair) Arc21

Geoff Sampson Circulogic

Natasha Chorlton Ahlstrom

Naomi Cohen Independent

Peter Hambling Velocity

Rory Doherty Queens University Belfast

Annemarie Wilshaw Suez

Philip Mossop Pentatonic

Andy Kellar Repic

Vasundhara Poola Aramark

The International (ISWA) SEG exists to provide specialist expertise to CIWM and the resources and waste sector  promote the concepts and practice of circular economy and actions in all the international activities undertaken by CIWM.

The SEG considers and is the lead technical advisory body within CIWM for the collation of information relating to best practices in influencing others, including ISWA, government departments and politicians, and UN and international aid agencies to prioritise the enhancement of sustainable waste management practices, stimulate positive environmental outcomes for mitigation of climate change, reduction of plastics pollution and promote resource efficiency.

The other main purpose of this SEG is to ensure there is continued good liaison and collaboration with ISWA to promote positive outcomes for the work of both organisations.

Jeff Cooper (Chair) Independent

Jane Gilbert Carbon Clarity

Anne Woolridge ISSL

Costas Velis Imperial University

Ian Dudding Dover Council

Judith Harper Waste and Resources Projects

David Wilson Independent

Kartik Skapoor YPG representive

Jenny Doyle Indepedent reserach geologist

Martin Brocklehurst Independent

Charlie Devine Stirling Council

Toni Gladding Open University

Adam Read Suez UK

Amani Maalouf YPG representative

Sarah-Jane Widdowson Intelisos

Martin Bjerregaard Indpendent

Claudia Manca Mott MacDonald

Amy Bloom Early Careers Ambassador

Zoe Lenkiewicz Independent

Noel Howell Chair YPG UK and Ireland Chapter

Charlotte Davies Early Careers President

The Skills for the Future Strategic Expert Group (SFSEG) exists to explore, define, and support the development of current and future skills required in the resources and waste sector.

The Group contributes to shaping strategic direction, informing training and development initiatives, and providing insight into skills needs over both short- and long-term horizons.

The first meeting of this Group as a SEG was on 24 June 2025. The Terms of Reference are in place. Summary information from each meeting will be made available: June 2025, September 2025 .

Adam Read SUEZ (Chair)

Jane Hall Green Edge Applications (Vice-Chair)

Vicki Hughes CIWM Senior Vice President

Michael Gracey Nuclear Waste Services

Jacqui Brunton-Douglas CIWM

Trang Dang CIWM

Christopher Issac FCC Environment

Danielle Heward Optimo

Chirstopher Moreton Philmaura Environmental Services & Consultancy

Ian Williams University of Southampton

Keith Barnes KB Consulting