May Gurney appoints full-time materials chief

May Gurney said it prides itself of the quality of materials it collects through its preferred method of kerbside sorting, making the management of these materials very important.

This area has previously been handled on a part-time basis by May Gurneys commercial manager, Nicolas Francis.

May Gurney is currently lobbying for a statutory duty to be placed on councils to publish an end-use register revealing where all recyclable materials end us, similar to that pioneered by its local authority partner, the Somerset Waste Partnership.

Ms Letts has worked for Aylesford Newsprint since May 2010, when she joined the companys recycling department as an area/office manager responsible for supporting the mills recovered fibre suppliers in the south east.

At the time, the company commended her knowledge of waste procurement processes and reprocessing needs.

In her current role, she provides a point of contact for many of the reprocessors south east suppliers, working closely with head of recycling, Andrew Perkins. She also takes a lead on waste procurement tenders and manages the recycling departments administration team.

Before joining Aylesford Newsprint, Lesley was head of development at Cory Environmental Municipal Services and more latterly a project manager, managing bid processes, at Enterprise. Lesley also spent 10 years in local government, working in waste and recycling strategy for Kent county council and Medway unitary authority.