This page contains contact information for LARAC, the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee

In England and Wales, LARAC is the organisation which represents local authority recycling officers and those working in similar or related posts. The full title of the organisation is the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee and it has its own website at www.larac.org.uk

A separate organisation for Scotland, RAGS - the Recycling Advisory Group for Scotland - ceased operation in 2006. LARAC now has Scottish representation.

LARAC National Representatives

Chair
Lee Marshall (Wales region)
Powys county council
Streetscene manager
Tel: 01597 829840  Fax: 01597 825926
e-mail: lee.marshall@powys.gov.uk

Vice chair/policy officer
Durk Reyner (Eastern Region)
Welwyn Hatfield district council
Head of Client Services
Tel: 01707 357294  Fax: 01707 357844
e-mail: d.reyner@welhat.gov.uk

Nationally elected representative
Mark Foxall (West Midlands region)
South Shropshire district council
Head of Waste Services
Tel: 01584 813392  Fax: 01584 813129
e-mail: mark.foxall@southshropshire.gov.uk 

Nationally elected representative
Sally Gordon (South East region)
Wycombe DC
Waste and recycling services manager
Tel: 01494 421170  Fax: 01494 421118
e-mail: Sally_Gordon@wycombe.gov.uk 

Nationally elected representative
Alison Hunter (North West region)
Vale Royal borough council
Waste development manager
Tel: 01606 867869 Fax: 01606 867549
e-mail: ahunter@valeroyal.gov.uk

Nationally elected representative/Communications Officer
Joy Blizzard (West Midlands Region)
Shropshire County Council
Waste Initiatives Officer
Tel: 01743 253168  Fax: 01743 253063
e-mail: joy.blizzard@shropshire-cc.gov.uk 

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Regional Representatives

Eastern representative
Oliver Furbur
Norfolk county council
Waste partnership and strategy officer
Tel: 01603 223914  Fax: 01603 222279
e-mail: oliver.furbur@norfolk.gov.uk 

South East representative
Ian MacKenzie
Canterbury city council
Recycling and waste minimisation officer
Tel: 01227 862247 Fax: 01227 785705
e-mail: ian.mackenzie@canterbury.gov.uk 

London representative
Phil Robson
Wesminster city council
Recycling manager
Tel: 020 7641 7026  Fax: 020 7641 7026
e-mail: probson@westminster.gov.uk 

West Midlands representative/Policy officer
Chris Hudson
The borough of Telford and Wrekin
Waste management officer
Tel: 01952 202951  Fax: 01952 293204
e-mail: chris.hudson@telford.gov.uk 

Yorkshire and the Humber representative/Principal Policy Officer
Neil Ferris
North Lincolnshire council

Principal waste management officer
Tel: 01724 297641  Fax: 01724 297643
e-mail: neil.ferris@northlincs.gov.uk

East Midlands representative
Nicole Atkinson

Daventry district council

Service manager - waste strategy

Tel: 01327 302283  Fax: 01327 300072

e-mail: natkinson@daventrydc.gov.uk

South West Region
Emma Gowing

Mendip district council

Waste management officer

Tel: 01749 341461  Fax: 01749 341469

e-mail: gowinge@mendip.gov.uk

North East representative/Policy Officer
Andrew Craig
Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit
Waste mnagement development officer
Tel: 01642 264830  Fax: 01642 230870
e-mail: andrew.craig@teesvalley-jsu.gov.uk 

Northern Ireland Region
Alma Hanley
Lisburn city council
Waste services officer
Tel: 028 9250 9437  Fax: 028 9250 9437
e-mail: alma.hanley@lisburn.gov.uk 

North West Region
Carole Taylor
Pendle Borough Council
Waste management coordinator
Tel: 01282 661747 Fax: 01282 661750
e-mail: carole.taylor@pendle.gov.uk

Wales Region
Hayley Evans
Caerphilly county borough council
Technical assistant - waste management
Tel: 01495 235035  Fax: 01495 235035
e-mail: evanshm@caerphilly.gov.uk

Scotland
Andy Hume
Highland council
Waste management officer
Tel: 01349 868614  Fax: 01349 868594
e-mail: andy.hume@highland.gov.uk

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Cooptees appointed by exec

Campaigns Officer
Richard Bower
Cornwall county council
Waste management officer (education)
Tel: 01872 322698  Fax: 01872 323181
e-mail: rbower@cornwall.gov.uk 

Recycling Officer of the Year 2006
Jennie Moore
Three Rivers district council
Eastern Region
Tel: 01923 727069  Fax: 01923 771571
 

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Administration

Conference liaison
Paul Deakin
Waste Information Services Ltd
Tel: 01258 450861
e-mail: pdeakin@btinternet.com 

Business manager/Training
Melvyn Lilley
LARAC, PO Box 28, Knighton, LD8 2WA
Tel: 07904 671661
e-mail: melvynlilley@yahoo.co.uk

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