Mr Green was speaking shortly after his appointment as head of recovered paper procurement which in the UK is the 'top job' in purchasing newsprint for recycling. He will have responsibility for sourcing a massive 640,000 tonnes of used newspapers and magazines a year for the Deeside mill.
 Martin Green (left) is the new head of recovered paper procurement for Shotton with Craig Robinson (right) as senior manager |
Mr Green's appointment to the post follows the departure of the former procurement chief John Viviani, who has joined Grosvenor Waste Management as managing director.
Also at Shotton, Craig Robinson, 35, has been promoted to senior recovered paper purchasing manager, reporting to Martin Green.
Mr Green told letsrecycle.com that his main aim for the “next year is for us to be consolidating on the contracts that we have got, rather than aggressively going out into the marketplace seeking new contracts. “
But, he emphasised that Shotton is still “very much in the marketplace and we still want to talk to people about new contracts.”
Mr Green has been with Shotton since January 2002, and has had responsibility for managing a portfolio of suppliers and supporting the mill's transition from using a blend of recycled paper and wood as its raw materials to being 100% recycled paper. He was recently awarded his Master of Business Administration following two years of study at Oxford Brookes University.
Attention
There have been other managerial changes at the mill which has been the focus of attention in the sector over the past two years due to its success in securing 17.1 million of financial support from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to convert to using 100% recovered fibre as a sole raw material source.
Martin Gale, who used to have overall control of Shotton has now moved to a more senior position within UPM-Kymmene and Dave Ingham has been promoted to be the Finnish-style vice president and general manager of the mill.
Commenting on the switch to 100% recovered fibre, the company said that it has worked “to secure recovered paper from an additional four million UK households to ensure that UPM Shotton's requirement for 640,000 tonnes per annum of recycled fibre is met. “
Audit
WRAP is set to carry out an audit of the Shotton mill's performance next month. This is under the terms of its own rules and State Aid requirements following the awarding of the grant. The audit has to be submitted to the European Commission early in 2005 and a summary is expected to be made available.
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