With news of appointments and awards from around the waste sector at the Kent Resource Partnership; Restore PLC; Recycling Techologies; and, Carpet Recycling UK.
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Kent Resource Partnership chair given OBE
The chairman of the Kent Resource Partnership, Cllr Rory Love, has been awarded an OBE in the 2019 New Year Honours list.
Cllr Rory Love, Chairman of the Kent Resource Partnership
Cllr Love, who is also chairman of the Conservative Councillors Association, was given the award for “public and political service”.
Nominated as chair of the Partnership in 2015, Cllr Love is one of the longest serving councillors at Folkestone & Hythe district council, having served the district since 1987.
Commenting on the award, Cllr Love said: “This is a huge honour, and an unexpected one. Most personal achievements in life are as a result of teamwork. I’ve been very fortunate to work with some outstanding teams of people in my public and political roles.”
The Kent Resource Partnership is a joint body representing the 12 district and city councils, as well as Kent county council, on issues relating to waste and recycling.
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Restore makes directorial appointment
The CFO of the Pennon Group, Susan Davy, has been appointed Non-Executive Director at data shredding and recycling company Restore Plc, effective at the start of this year.
Ms Davy has been CFO at the Pennon Group since 2015. Restore Plc added that from 1 April 2019, Ms Davy will become Chair of the Audit Committee, taking over the role from Stephen Davidson, who will step down after having served for five years.
Martin Towers, chairman of Restore, said: “I am delighted to welcome Susan Davy to the board and look forward to working with her.”
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Recycling Technologies appoints Non-Executive Director
Paul Turner, Recycling Technologies
Recycling Technologies, the company behind a machine which has been designed to turn plastic back into oil, has announced that Paul Turner will join the company as a non-executive board member.
Before joining, Mr Turner was working as a global business integration lead at LyondellBassell, the multinational petrochemical company, where we worked for 10 years.
Recycling Technologies said in a statement that Mr Turner brings a “wealth of commercial acumen, vast strategic and operational leadership and an excellent track record”.
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Carpet Recycling UK founder retires
Carpet Recycling UK’s founder and director Laurance Bird has retired from his day-to-day involvement with the not-for-profit membership organisation.
Mr Bird had spearheaded CRUK’s activities since the industry body was founded in 2008 to increase the recycling of carpet waste across the UK.
Laurance Bird is stepping down from Carpet Recycling UK
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, CRUK claims to have “inspired and facilitated the diversion from landfill” of one million tonnes of waste carpet to date.
Mr Bird will continue as a non-executive director of CRUK and will be assisting resource recovery specialist Axion with ISOPREP, a new Horizon2020-funded research project to extract pure reusable polypropylene polymer from carpets and other composite materials.
He commented: “After ten years of unstinting support from across the carpet industry, I would like to say thank you to all our members, especially the core funders who have played a key role in CRUK’s success”.
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