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.
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.
You can get involved with WISH in a number of ways:
If you would like to attend a WISH meeting as an observer, please contact Dr Toni Gladding (Secretary) at t.l.gladding@open.ac.uk
If you would like to be involved in any of the working groups or have any other comments to make about the work of WISH please contact Dr Toni Gladding (Secretary) at t.l.gladding@open.ac.uk or Chris Jones (Chair) at cjones@coryenvironmental.co.uk
You can also contact the representative members direct (see table of WISH members)
The following organisations are members of the WISH forum:
| Organisation | Representative |
|---|---|
| Association for Organics Recycling | Jeremy Jacobs |
| British Metals Recycling Association | Howard Bluck |
| Chartered Institute of Wastes Management | Toni Gladding Geoff Smallwood |
| Community Recycling Network UK | Philip Marks |
| Container Handling Equipment Manufacturers Association | David Buxton |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | John Galvin |
| Energy and Utility Skills | Denise McGlynn |
| Environment Agency | Cormac Quigley |
| Environmental Services Association | Chris Jones Ian Powell |
| Health and Safety Executive | Chantal Nicholls Wayne Williams |
| Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee | Mark Foxall |
| Local Government Employers | David Thomas |
| Trades Union Congress | John McLean Vincent Borg |
| Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board | Lawrence Strong |
| Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) | Dick Perry |
(These are HSE/WISH documents except for Waste Sheets 10, 15, 18 and 20, which were produced solely by HSE)
