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Resource Hot 100 – Vote for our Circular Economy Experts

December 14, 2021 | News,
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Resource magazine has just released the nominees for the Hot 100 for 2021, including eight of Anthesis’ circular economy, waste and resource experts.

The Resource Hot 100 celebrates individual achievement throughout the waste and resources industry with past winners including David Palmer-Jones, Group Senior Executive from SUEZ Group, Mike Webster, Chief Executive of WasteAid UK, Mary Creagh, MP and Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. This year’s theme asks ‘Who are this year’s giants of the Circular Economy?’.

Last year, three members of the Anthesis waste and resource team were voted in the top 100 – Debbie Hitchen, Simone Aplin and Susan Harris. This year, eight Anthesis colleagues are vying for a place in the list of those that have made the biggest contribution to the industry over the past 12 months

You have until 10th January 2022 to cast your vote. Here is a summary of who is already up for nomination.

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Anthesis nominations

Debbie Hitchen
Sustainable Production & Consumption Director for Europe, Middle East and Latin America (EMELA)
Debbie leads the Sustainable Production & Consumption team with an extensive understanding of sustainability, resource efficiency, product stewardship and circular economy. In 2021, Debbie launched the Wise Women in Waste podcast to explore the changing landscape of the waste, resources and circularity sector and champion the voice of women. Debbie has established herself as one of the go-to people when it comes to circular packaging and plastics, including reducing plastic waste, assessing plastic packaging and implementing financially-driven strategy.
Claudia Amos
Technical Director - Plastics Technology, Infrastructure & Commercial Due Diligence, UK
With over 20 years’ experience across the waste and circular economy agenda, Claudia leads the global commercial waste due diligence, waste infrastructure and plastics recycling services at Anthesis. She provides in-depth knowledge for value chain and value creation studies and route-to-market and business plan development for new waste projects, re-financing opportunities and acquisitions. This year, Claudia supported a number of high profile reports on advanced plastics recycling and launched the Wise Women in Waste podcast to explore the changing landscape of the waste, resources and circularity sector and champion the voice of women.
Simone Aplin
Technical Director, UK
With over two decades in waste and resource management, Simone brings with her an abundance of waste experience and operational understanding from both the public and private sectors and as a regulator. Her commercial insight and industry recognition has led her to become a trusted source of waste market due diligence advice. In 2021, Simone developed a prototype of a nationwide smart waste tracking system for the UK Government, capable of revolutionising the way we collect and monitor waste to support the future of the circular economy.
Julian Parfitt
Technical Director, UK
Dr Julian Parfitt is a true food waste guru, recognised on an international level for his expertise. Working in the waste industry for nearly four decades, Julian’s achievements stretch far and wide, including carrying out roles as a member of the United Nations Environment Expert Group on SDG Indicator 12.3.1, team leader on UK Government’s Foresight Review ‘Future of Food and Farming’ (2010) and working with the House of Lords as Specialist Adviser on their review of European food waste prevention policy (2014). This year, Julian supported the WWF-UK and Tesco Partnership to deliver the influential ‘Driven to Waste’ report, which measures the scale and impact of global food waste on farms and at fisheries.
Jamie Warmington
Principal Consultant
Jamie has become known as a modelling and waste data expert, being a part of Defra’s waste data working group and working extensively with all forms of waste and material flow data on behalf of different user groups. Jamie has a keen interest in the potential for technological advancement within the sector and is the project manager for Anthesis’ prototype of a national waste tracking service which was developed as part of Defra’s Smart Waste Tracking project. He understands the vital role that better, more accessible data, will have in delivering the circular economy and specifically, how improving data collection technology, combined with data platforms and regulatory demand is likely to transform the sector in the next 5 years.
Beth Simpson
Associate Director - Plastics & Recycling Specialist, UK
Beth has over 17 years of experience in the resource management sector and has deep practical knowledge and experience in downstream recycling. Beth applies this knowledge of the downstream recycling supply chain to support clients on all aspects of sustainable packaging, with a particular focus on plastics. Beth has been instrumental in bringing understanding and solutions to the business world on its quest to tackle problematic plastics and understand the implications of extended producer responsibility globally.
Hannah Dick
Principal Consultant
As the UK lead for Zero Waste, Hannah supports companies to ascertain their waste footprints, set ambitious waste reduction and diversion targets in line with their other sustainability goals, and develop strategies and roadmaps to help them deliver against these targets. Hannah has also supported a range of public sector clients, through a number of surveys and large scale national reviews, which have gone on to inform waste policy in the UK.
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