On episode 10 of the Rubbish Talk Podcast, we spoke with Pamela Knox-Welsh communications Manager at Levenseat. We chatted about the commercial side of the industry, how Pamela ended up working in waste management, and hear about some of the exciting projects Pamela is working on with the team at Levenseat. Show Notes: Links to everything …
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Observations from Alasdair Meldrum .. As discussed on episode 9 of the podcast, I spent the weekend in Poland visiting my son who was doing an Erasmus placement as part of his degree. First impression was a busy town with lots of tourists but wherever you went there was next to no litter, no cigarette …
Krakow – How do they keep their streets so clean and tidy? Read More »
On episode 9 of the Rubbish Talk podcast, we chatted to Jim Brown, Commercial Director at Binn Group. Jim has worked in the waste and recycling industry for over 30 years providing proactive waste management solutions for businesses across the UK with specialist knowledge of Retail, Public Sector / NHS, Food and drink, construction, and …
On episode 8 of the Rubbish Talk podcast we have a great chat with Jenny Grant, head of organics and natural capital for the REA (the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology), who has been involved in the organics and recycling industry for 20 years. REA Organics promotes the benefits of composting, aerobic and …
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An on the spot blog written by Alasdair Meldrum during a recent wander in Glasgow’s City Centre. I had a wee wander up Sauchiehall Street at the weekend, one of the main streets in Glasgow city centre. My mind drifted back to late 80’s when I arrived in Glasgow for my first year at …
We have a Rubbish Talk first this week – Simon Glen is our first guest who purposely entered the waste industry!! Listen here to our great chat with Simon where he explains how he went from an economics, philosophy and social science degree to a Masters in Waste Management and never looked back. With a …
Against all odds we have this week’s episode with Ruth Innes! Some technical issues caused us to nearly lose the recording, but we are glad to share our really insightful chat with Ruth. We talk all about Ruth’s route to working in waste management, the important role of NHS Scotland Assure and how they are …
We sat down with CEO of Cireco, Robin Baird to discuss his own journey into the waste and resource management industry and he shares his current objectives for his role at Cireco. Robin shares a lot of great advice for anyone starting out in their career and what we think is some great life advice! …
In episode 2 of Rubbish Talk we discussed briefly the growing trend towards putting flowers, wreaths and mementos on public seats. Alasdair expressed the view that it is great that people donate benches (usually in memory of a loved one) for use in public spaces. However he was strongly of the opinion that that did …
Rubbish Rant – Public Benches (From Rubbish Talk episode 2) Read More »
Robin Stevenson, Managing Director at Hamilton Waste & Recycling shared his thoughts on the Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland. Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). We must find better ways of working together to ensure we don’t end up with a system that isn’t fit for purpose, or worse still is damaging to the way …
Thoughts on DRS from Hamilton Waste & Recycling Ltd Managing Director Read More »
