The Top 10

1 (10) Jennie Price, Chief Executive at the Waste and Resources Action Programme. 2006 has been WRAP’s year. Price has been championing recycling in the retail sector; overseeing the Lifecycle Analysis report; launching the new WRAP business plan, with its focus on construction waste; and last, but not least, battling it out with the press over enforcement issues.

2 (5) Peter Jones, Director, Biffa Waste Services. Jones is one of the most influential faces in the industry. His work on policy continues to shape the future of recycling.

3 (99) Kit Strange, Director, Resource Recovery Forum; Forum for the Future. Strange is this year’s highest climber, bounding up the chart for his work at RRF, and on resource recovery parks.

4 (1) Ray Georgeson, Policy Director at WRAP. Three-time winner Georgeson has had a busy year, commissioning WRAP’s Lifecycle Analysis work on the benefits of recycling, and writing the organisation’s Business Plan to 2008.

5 (new) Al Gore, ex-US presidential candidate. Gore’s 2006 surprise heavy hitter, An Inconvenient Truth, has foisted climate change into the mainstream.

6 (21) Dominic Hogg, Eunomia. A boundary pusher whose practical work in 2006 has shaped the policy field.

7 (new) Sandra Pell, St Edmundsbury Borough Council. Pell has taken the council all the way to the top with a whacking recycling rate of over 50 per cent.

8 (35) Julian Parfitt, Waste Analyst at WRAP. The brains behind the organisation’s Lifecycle Analysis report, Parfitt has spent many years backing up policy with specific data.

9 (2) John Burns, Director of Defra’s Waste Implementation Programme.

10 (13) Lee Marshall, Chair of LARAC. Marshall has taken on a proactive role as LARAC chair in a year which has seen the organisation ramp up its profile, both in the national media and in policy decisions.

11-20

11 (new) Caroline Jackson, MEP. Jackson has been campaigning on waste issues throughout her time at the European parliament, particularly on the long awaited WEEE Directive.

12 (40) Steve Lee, Chair of CIWM.

13 (new) Joy Blizzard, Communications Officer, LARAC. Blizzard took up the gauntlet as Acting Chair and has since become a regular on radio and television, pushing the message to the public.

14 (92) Dave Mansell, Recycling Development Officer, Somerset County Council. Mansell’s pioneering work has overseen the introduction of kitchen waste collection, plus partnership working in Bath and the surrounding areas.

15 (25) Dr Alan Whitehead. MP for Southampton Test, Co Chair, APSWG, Chair of the PRASEG. Whitehead has worked to get the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act passed into law.

16 (new) David Mottershead, Head of Waste Policy and Processes, Defra.

17 (23) Daniel Silverstone, Chief Executive, London Remade. London Remade is helping the 2012 Olympics green up its act; aiding the development of infrastructure to deal with WEEE, and is the force behind the Mayor’s Green Procurement Code.

18 (new) Jonathan Straight, Chief Executive, Straight plc. Straight recently won the National Quoted Companies category at the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

19 (79) Rick Hindley, Corporate and Local Government Affairs Manager, Valpak. Hindley has been developing strategic partnerships with local authorities on packaging and the WEEE Directive.

20 (39) Chris Davey, Manager Local Authority Relations, WRAP. The ex-chair of LARAC and famous wine buff has been overseeing trials of battery collection across 750 million properties.

21-30

21 (22) Linda Crichton, Manager of WRAP’s ROTATE advisory service. Provides local authorities (in England and Northern Ireland) with advice on collection, communications and awareness programmes.

22 (34) Andy Doran, Novelis. The former Defra man and ex-chair of LARAC is now national Manager at Novelis.

23 (4) Ben Bradshaw, MP Minister of State (Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare).

24 (66) Jane Stephenson MBE, CEO, Resource Futures. Appointed CEO of new company Resource Futures following the Network Recycling Ltd, SWAP and Recycling Consortium merger.

25 (62) Chris White, Recycling Manager Aylesford Newsprint. White continues to promote understanding of the importance of good quality, source segregated material.

26 (8) John Enright, Head of Local Authority Support, Waste Implementation Programme. A stabilising influence at Defra amid a tumultuous year, Enright heads up one of the most active local authority-focused teams in government.

27 (3) Andy Rees, Welsh Assembly Government. Last year’s winner has continued to work tirelessly to promote partnership in waste.

28 (37) Andy Moore, CRN. Has maintained a close connection between the community sector and government.

29 (new) David Milliband, Secretary for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Stirring things up in DEFRA with reviews and a new focus on climate change.

30 (57) Naomi Johnson, CRN. Johnson has succeeded in ensuring the success of the CRN’s regional programme, which now looks set to run into its third year.

31-40

31 (83) Andrew Hartley, Programme Director, Recycling Action Yorkshire (RAY).

32 (50) Jeff Cooper, Producer Responsibility Manager, Environment Agency, and incoming Chair of CIWM.

33 (new) David Cameron, Conservative Party leader. Spin or no spin, Cameron has highlighted the environment, and in particular climate change, to the public.

34 (48) Mike Croxford, Cleanstream. Formerly of Wastesavers, Croxford was named as a Member of the Order of the British Empire last year. He’s also helped create the force that is Cleanstream.

35 (new) Paul Smith, Chief Executive, FRN. The energy behind setting up a trading arm to win national community project contracts for furniture and waste electronics for refurbishment.

36 (Back in the Hot 100) Cyrille Du Peloux, Veolia. Chief Executive of Veolia Environmental Services in Northern Europe.

37 (new) Caroline Lee Smith, Development Officer, FRN. Lee Smith penned the FRN’s milestone manual on bulky waste collections.

38 (new) Adam Read, Hyder Consulting.

39 (15) Mal Williams, Cylch. The CEO of Cylch has been busy getting Cleanstream off the ground.

40 (9) Andy Bond, Managing Director, ECT. As the largest community recycling organisation in the UK, ECT continues to advocate source separated collection of a wide range of materials.

41-50

41 (new) Peter Mills, new Chair of the Composting Association and Contracts Director at New Earth Solutions.

42 (new) Jonathon Porritt, Programme Director of Forum for the Future and Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission. One of our most famous environmentalists, Porritt’s latest book, Capitalism: As If the World Matters, has been received with gusto.

43 (43) Russell Owens, Welsh Assembly Government.

44 (44) Iain Gulland, CRN Scotland.

45 (new) Richard Featherstone, Regional Development Manager, London Furniture Reuse Network. Featherstone supports and develops furniture projects across London. He was the central figure in setting up the national FRN.

46 (new) April Vesey, DTI

47 (65) Per Anders Hjort, Chief Executive SITA UK.

48 (73) Margaret Bates, University College Northampton. As Manager of the SITA Centre for Sustainable Waste Management, Bates is instrumental in training the next generation.

49 (14) John Ferguson, SEPA. A man who shows great energy and determination in delivering Scotland’s Waste Strategy objectives.

50 (new) Robin Snook, London Remade.

51-60

51 (76) Paul Jones, Chief Executive, Newport Wastesavers. Jones has taken the exemplary community project from strength to strength.

52 (63) Mike Hellings, Managing Director of Viridor Waste Management and Viridor Glass Recycling.

53 (new) Derek Campbell, recycleyourcar.co.uk. Recycle your Car, in association with Sims Group UK, has developed into a key support database for a list of all Authorised Treatment Facilities in the UK.

54 (53) Anna Richards, Waste Awareness Wales. Engaging the community of Wales to reduce, reuse and recycle.

55 (56) Jim Fielder, Head of Strategy at Waste Watch. Fielder’s long experience in communications has seen him excel at developing relationships. He was also instrumental in the development of the Western Riverside campaign.

56 (86) Nick McAllister, Community Composting Network. 2006 saw McAllister advising international groups on setting up community composting projects.

57 (new) Mark Shelton, Waste Policy Manager, Cambridge County Council. Shelton has been key player in the implementation of the multi-award winner ‘Master Composter Programme’.

58 (84) Lucy Danger, Emerge. Danger recently took on the role of Chair of Community Recycling Network.

59 (41) Alice Roberts, LGA Executive Manager for waste and environment.

60 (new) Susan Juned, National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP). Juned is a key player in helping to maximise business opportunities on resource efficiency by closer working with local authorities.

61-70

61 (new) Zac Goldsmith, Editor of Ecologist. Goldsmith has played a major role in advising the Conservatives on environmental issues.

62 (new) Melvin Caton, SEEDA. Has been championing materials efficiency in the South East.

63 (new) Ed Douglas Miller, Founder of Remarkable. Creator of some of the most recognised recycled products on the market, Miller recently converted the Remarkable factory to run off waste cooking oil.

64 (new) Michael Braungart, Founder Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency. Professor Braungart works with industrial producers on eco-design.

65 (new) Richard Bower, Recycling Officer, Cornwall County Council. A familiar member of the LARAC?exec, Bower was recently honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Recycling Awards.

66 (new) Chris Coggins, WAMTECH. Data analyst Coggins is well known for making sure that policy is based on sound evidence.

67 (new) Antony Turner, Founder and Managing Director Carbon Sense. Turner set up Carbon Sense in 2003 to help accelerate society’s transition towards a low-carbon future and make ‘carbon sense’ commonsense.

68 (88) Chris Hines, Sustainability Director, Eden Project. Hines’ enthusiastic approach has led to the successful implementation of a waste neutral system at the Eden Project.

69 (new) Philip Cozens, RPS Consultants. With over 30 years’ experience in waste management technologies, Cozens is respected for his strategic thinking and drive to maximising resource efficiency.

70 (new) Emma Smith, Director Fairfield Materials Management. Manchester’s first commercial compost producer is a social enterprise focused on bringing real environmental benefits.

71-80

71 (Back) Richard Mehmed, National Community Wood Recycling Project. NCWRP was founded in 2003 to assist the setting up and development of community-focused wood recycling projects. The company has helped set up 21 affiliated projects.

72 (new) Ian Birkett, SeniorDesigner, Corporate Culture. Ian was the creative talent behind the Recycle Now iconography.

73 (100) Steve Eminton, letsrecycle.com. Letsrecycle continues to provide up to the minute news on industry matters.

74 (69) Nicola Buck, Recycling Officer Barnet Borough Council. Buck oversaw the introduction of compulsory recycling.

75 (new) Lewis Herbert. Coming from a local authority background, Herbert has always worked closely with the community sector, and is now helping to develop the CRN’s Eastern region.

76 (31) Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London. Livingstone proposes investigation into new technologies as a solution to the capital’s waste.

77 (back) Adam Billiard, Yell. Billiard has helped the yellow book go green, encouraging school children to recycle their old copies of the directory, and organised the Yellow Woods Challenge where schools win good prizes.

78 (new ) Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP. Lucas is an acknowledged expert on climate change. As member of the Trade and Energy Committee, she has forced the European Commission to undertake legal investigations into the British nuclear industry and promoted green energy as an alternative.

79 (new) Dick Perry, ROTATE’s Specialist Technical Adviser for WRAP. Perry has been referred to as ‘the father of recycling’, working for years in the community sector before taking up his role at WRAP.

80 (new) Allen Davey, Linpac Plastics Recycling.

81-90

81 (new) Martin Green, UPM Shotton Paper. Continues to develop recovered paper markets.

82 (new) Lucy Stone, Information Officer at the Centre for Alternative Technology.

83 (47) Peter Laybourne, National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP).

84 (82) Tina Perfrement, Market Development Director London Remade.

85 (new) David Currie, Rockware Glass. Nominated for investments in UK glass recycling technology and innovation.

86 (94) Colin Kirby, LARAC. Kirkby has worked in both the local authority and community sectors and keeps the wheels of LARAC running smoothly.

87 (new) Kay Twitchen Essex County Council, Quality of Life Commission – Waste Policy, EA Board Member, WRAP Board Member.

88 (new) Daryl Newport, Director of Sustainability within UEL’s Sustainability Research Institute. Newport has initiated research projects including the Manufactured Aggregate Research Centre, and sits on numerous committees and boards, including the university’s Sustainable Development Strategy to the Thames Gateway initiative and Olympic Games, NISP, APSWG and WARMNET.

89 (51) Craig Anderson, FRN. Anderson has lobbied tirelessly around issues relating to the WEEE Directive and is now running the FRN’s new trading arm.

90 (new) Nicky Scott, Devon Community Composting Network and founder of Proper Job Community Composting in Chagford, Devon. Scott is an innovative force in the composting sector.

91-100

91 (new) Graham Davy, Sims Recycling Solutions.

92 (new) Mike Read, Mike Read Associates. Read has been championing the value of waste prevention over recycling, particularly through his annual conference ‘Beyond Recycling’.

93 (67) Gareth Morton, Business Development and Marketing Director Resource Futures.

94 (new) Cllr Gary Hopkins, Bristol City Council. Introduced kitchen waste collections to Bristol, one of the first city-wide schemes in the UK to do so.

95 (new) David Greenfield, SECE. Greenfield is responsible for the Waste Information Network (WIN), and facilitates the development of partners within the South East.

96 (new) Eleanor Noel-Johnson, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Noel-Johnson has campaigned to reduce the ecological footprint of Wiltshire and Swindon.

97 (new) John and Michael Glover, Bywaters. Nominated for installing innovative waste management systems throughout London, Bywaters is currently developing what is set to become the largest indoor recycling centre in the UK by March 2007.

98 (new) Martin Nye, Englefield Capital.

99 (new) Angus Macpherson, The Environment Exchange. Macpherson oversees the online trading place for packaging recovery notes.

100 (new) Arnold Black, Resource Efficiency KTN.