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Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum

What is WISH?

Representatives from the waste management and recycling industry have come together to form the Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) forum. WISH members include representatives from HSE, main trade associations, professional associations, trade unions, recycling organisations and national and local government bodies involved in waste management and recycling.

The aim of WISH is to identify, devise and promote activities to improve industry health and safety standards.

WISH charter and strategic objectives

WISH Commitment to competence

The WISH forum: Commitment to competence is designed to support the industry in raising staff competency levels. It is hoped that this will help to reduce accidents and occupational ill health.

WISH meeting minutes

WISH information releases

How can I get involved?

You can get involved with WISH in a number of ways:

Please contact Dr Toni Gladding (Secretary) at t.l.gladding@open.ac.uk or Christopher Jones (Chair) at cjones@coryenvironmental.co.uk

You can also contact steering group members direct (see table below).

WISH members

The following organisations are members of the WISH forum:

Organisation Representative
British Metals Recycling Association Howard Bluck
* Chartered Institute of Wastes Management Toni Gladding
Geoff Smallwood
Community Recycling Network UK

Mike Croxford

Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers Association David Buxton
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs John Galvin
* Energy and Utility Skills Denise McGlynn
Environment Agency Howard Leberman
* Environmental Services Association Chris Jones
Ian Powell
Stephen Freeland
* Health and Safety Executive Chantal Nicholls
Wayne Williams
Janet Viney
* Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee Ian McKenzie
Mark Foxall
Local Government Employers

VACANT
but interests represented by LAWS below

Local Authority Waste Safety & Health Forum (LAWS)Thomas

Beth Gordon
David Thomas
Renewable Energy Association 

Gordon Thompson
Jeremy Jacobs

* Trades Union Congress John McLean
Vincent Borg
Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board Chris James
* Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Dick Perry

* Members of WISH Steering Group

WISH guidance

(These are HSE/WISH documents)

New series No Title
Waste01 Operating civic amenity sites safely
Waste02 Green waste collection: Health issues
Waste03 Orphaned compressed gas cylinders in the waste and recycling industries
Waste04 Waste and recycling vehicles in street collection
Waste05 The safe use of refuse collection vehicle hoists and bins
Waste06 Skip and container safety in waste management and recycling
Waste07 Safe handling of asbestos cement waste at civic amenity (CA) sites
Waste08 Compaction equipment: User and public safety
Waste09 Safe transport in waste management and recycling facilities
Waste10 The safe recovery of petrol from end-of-life vehicles
Waste11 Safety at 'bring-sites' in the waste management and recycling industry
Waste12 Storing hazardous wastes at household waste recycling centres
Waste13 Designing and operating material recycling facilities (MRFs) safely
Waste15 Health hazards in the waste and recycling industry
Waste16 Glass kerbside collection: Noise reduction techniques
Waste17 Managing ‘task and finish' to reduce safety risks
Waste18 Hand sorting of recyclables (‘totting') with vehicle assistance
Waste19 Handling needles in the waste and recycling industry
Waste20 Landfill fires
Waste21 Health and safety training: Guidelines for the waste management and recycling sector
Waste22 Handling offensive hygiene waste
Waste23

Safe waste and recycling collection services

Waste25 People in commercial waste containers

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Updated 2013-03-22