Mr M J Heesom MCIWM
Chairman 
Greenstar Recycling Ltd

Originally from Lancashire, England; Mark has worked within Ireland since 2000.  Prior to this date he was employed by Lancashire County Council within its Waste Disposal Section before the formation of a Local Authority Waste Disposal Company, which subsequently saw his transition into the employment of Lancashire Waste Services (LWS).

In LWS Mark worked within a number of departments including Engineering Support, Environmental Support and most latterly Operations.  Involved in a number of development projects and programmes Mark gained experience across a broad spectrum of company activities before moving fully into Operations, managing landfill sites, waste transfer stations and civic amenity centres.

Moving to Ireland in 2000, Mark joined Greenstar, and has worked within a number of roles within this company initially developing the operations of the groups’ first landfill facility KTK Landfill and more latterly working within the groups’ collection and transfer operations in a variety of areas.

Dr T Nealon MCIWM
Secretary
A1 Waste

Enda Kiernan MCIWM
Vice Chairman
Senior Executive Engineer, Waste Management Operations, Cork County Council


Professional Credentials: MSc. In Construction & Project Management, Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering, Diploma in Civil Engineering, Cert in Civil Engineering, Cert, in Waste Management, MCIWM, C.Env., MAPM, ICIOB. Enda is a Senior Executive Engineer in Waste Operations with Cork County Council(South Division). He is a Chartered Environmentalist, Chartered Waste Manager, a member of the Association of Project Managers (MAPM) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Building (ICIOB). With over 8 years experience in the fields of environmental and waste management, Enda has worked for the most part in the Local Authority service since 1997, specialising in Waste Management and in Waste Operations in particular

Experience includes waste licence applications for landfill facilities, waste licence implementation on landfill and civic amenity facilities, environmental management systems, project management of the design, construction and operation of civic amenity facilities, landfill cell and capping construction, preparation of tender documentation and tender evaluation of waste related infrastructure. Other areas of expertise relate to the permitting of waste facilities, waste enforcement, street cleansing and infrastructure development, overseeing implementation of WEEE Directive in Cork County including facilitating reports on WEEE arisings prior to introduction of the Directive and advice to SME`s on waste reduction & recycling programmes. More recently, a core member of the project implementation team set up by Cork County Council (South Division) for the introduction of Pay By Weight. This involved the distribution of 33000-wheeled bins, the purchase of new collection vehicles, public communications and the upgrading of existing bin lifter stock.

Currently project managing the rollout of a kerbside collection system to 33,000 customers following a successful pilot scheme covering 6,200 houses in 2005 including bin distribution, tender preparation for materials processing and evaluation, communications to customers and internal staff and all associated work elements.

Mr P Lynch MCIWM
Senior Scientist
Fehily Timoney Co

Professional Credentials: BSc Environmental Science,
Diploma Water and Wastewater Engineering,
Cert Civil Engineering,
AMIEI, MCIWM MCIWEM

Experience in aspects of environmental impact assessment and planning applications.  Experienced in the field of landfill design and monitoring. Involved in air monitoring projects in the pharmaceutical industry and ambient air, site investigations, contaminated land assessment, investigations for asbestos, waste management, environmental impact assessments, waste management licensing/legislation, environmental monitoring.  Extensive experience in landfill monitoring programmes.  Supervised installation and sampling of groundwater monitoring wells in differing geological constraints.  Interpreted and reported sampling results to the EPA and regulatory authorities.

Mr D Connolly MCIWM
Recruitment Officer

Education
¦ MCIWM (2003)
¦ Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management at DIT (1997)
¦ BA in Economics & Geography from NUI UCC (1996)

Professional Experience

¦ Director of Waste Solutions Ltd, Cork , Ireland
¦ Extensive experience in the provision of waste management equipment solutions to the Irish Market – both Local Authority & Private Contractors
¦ Project management services on Waste equipment projects to private waste contractors & county councils.
¦ Consultancy services on Waste Collection Systems including the development of Irelands first Underground System
¦ Sales and provision of Home Compost Bins to  Local Authority Home Composting Schemes
¦ Installation of Landfill Daily cover & Landfill Vector prevention schemes
¦ Pay by Weight Systems & Kerbside Collection Schemes
¦ Consultancy advice to SME’s on Waste Reduction & Recycling Programmes
¦ Business Development for Equipment manufacturers wishing to enter the Irish Market
¦ Development of Biomass Heating systems within Irish Market
¦ Market Development of non-risk Waste recyclables to end markets in ROI

Toddy Cuthbert MCIWM