“Making this vision a reality is what the waste and recycling sector is all about and the journey has already started as we move closer to delivering the 2020 waste targets for municipal waste recycling. As an industry we have made great strides to reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill, but as the percentages increase it is going to get harder.


“This to me is where it gets exciting, as we have to start having different and new conversations across industry boundaries. No longer is it just about recycling a greater percentage of product than we did last year, it is now also about asking what services do our customers actually need?


So as the industry is maturing it is now much more about helping businesses to waste less and about recyclate quality and quantity, refining the processes we use to deliver higher value services and materials to our customers. So instead of one process that delivers a basic, low value end product, recyclers are and need to become more sophisticated, using multiple processes to deliver numerous more valuable and desirable products.


“From my experience this plays directly into the hands of what is and always will be a very entrepreneurial industry and as we move ever closer to this approach, the sector itself will have a much greater influence on the wider economy. For a start, new processes offer new opportunities, which in-turn will require new equipment and technology. This will then stimulate investment and deliver better returns for the sector overall.


“The drivers for the waste sector are definitely there, especially with European legislation delivering that added push and even though we have a very progressive industry in the UK, there is still much more to learn, including from our European neighbours.

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