SMART DESIGNS, SMART RECYCLING
authorities and with major blue chip companies,” says Rumble.
“We were not on the local authority radar. I went to semi- nars and conferences because what we are doing is very new in this country and it raised the profile of the site.” His work, and that of his colleagues, has paid off as throughput at the MRF has been boosted from 15,000 tonnes, when it first opened, to 130,000 tonnes (the site is licensed to handle 500,000 tonnes) annually of co- mingled dry recyclables from commercial and municipal clients. Bywaters has since opened an area for plasterboard recycling within the MRF.
Rumble is currently working on several new projects, including the construction of a residual MRF on the Lea Riverside site and is looking into the possibility of a waste to energy project.
“I’m aware of the company’s priorities and what we are trying to achieve,” says Rumble. “The work that I do is to help other senior management.”
Both Rumble and John Glover, managing director of the family-run business, are originally from Essex and first met as fellow campaigners to help save a section of the railway
line that runs from Epping to Ongar from being developed for non railway purposes.
The line was taken out of the national rail network in 1994 but thanks to the campaigners’ efforts will shortly be reinstated as a heritage line.
It was Rumble’s strong negotiating skills plus his contacts with local authorities and businesses, which he had demonstrated during this cam- paign that impressed Glover. Rumble has put his wealth of skills and experience to good use in his current role. He is well connected in the industry and asked to talk at events.
As well as looking ahead, Rumble says that creating a secure future for Bywaters is also about learning the lessons of the past; a perspective that may come from his role as an historical consultant for English Heritage in his spare time. “When you are dealing with different sites and services in London, it helps if you have a historical perspec- tive,” he says. “It helps you to understand how and why it was set up in a certain way and to have an opinion on how it could change.”
Katie Coyne is a freelance journalist
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