Cambridgeshire Community Reuse and Recycling Network
Launched in December 2003, this website brings together organisations in and around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
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ESF Community Grants Programme more...
Green Apple Award
Who we are
CCORRN is organisation governed by a management board, who act as a company limited by guarantee however they do not profit share nor are they paid any sums for their roles other than agreed out of pocket expenses incurred in pursuance of their role. The Management Board represents the interests of CCORRN's members rather than the specific organisations to which they are affiliated or employed by.
Management Board, Directors / Trustees
Mark Shelton (Chairman and Director responsible for Publicity and Events)Mark has considerable knowledge of the whole waste management industry, and now manages a team of 7 staff, including two waste partnership offices, a campaigns officer and two recycling bus managers. His team has worked closely with the local District Councils to implement kerbside collection schemes for dry recyclables and green waste, and been involved in developing a number of awareness campaigns and community initiatives, including the award winning Slim Your Bin campaign, the Master Composter Programme, the Cambridgeshire Real Nappy Network and of course CCORRN and it's Choose2Reuse campaign. This partnership working has been integral to raising the recycling rate across Cambridgeshire to nearly 50% and enabling the partnership to be awarded Beacon Status in 2006.
Mark has five children and two step-children (only 2 still at home), and in what spare time they leave him, Mark enjoys cycling and keeps hens, bees and a large vegetable plot. He has been a parent school governor, chairman of the Parish Council for the village where he previously lived and is vice-chair of the village hall committee where he now lives.
Henry Emblem (Director responsible for Green Network & WEEE)Area of expertise
Assists and advises packaging users and manufacturers in all aspects of environmental legislation, packaging waste, waste minimisation/resource efficiency, new product development, essential requirements regulations, and packaging hygiene.
Kay Barnes (Director responsible for Choose2Reuse) Richard Martin (Director responsible for Environmental, Health and Safety Policy)Richard is currently employed as the Group Health Safety and Environment Officer at MAHLE Powertrain Ltd, a company employing in excess of 500 personnel on various shift systems at their UK Sites: A complex, highly specialised and multi-faceted automotive casting machining and manufacturing organisation with it’s own UK Foundry.. Responsible for the ongoing review, maintenance and conformity of the Environmental Management Systems in accordance with ISO 14001 accreditation and EMAS Registration. Responsible for development of bespoke accident reduction strategies and health and safety policies with a view to making this group the safest within the global MAHLE organisation which is based in Stuttgart. Richard is jointly responsible for the development and delivery of a fully integrated management system (IMS) for QHS&E, encompassing OHSAS18001, ISO14001, TS16949, ISO9000 and EMAS Regulation. Implementation and review of the Risk Management strategies for the company operations
- Richard was previously employed as the Health, Safety, Environmental and Production Engineering Manager for Gates Hydraulics Ltd. Richard retired from the Royal Air Force in 1995 after a pensionable engagement of nearly seventeen years. Richard's career within the RAF began as an Aircraft Engineering Technician and ended following some radical life-changing decisions (together with considerable re-training) as an Environmental Health Inspector. Richard then served several years with Cotswold District Council Environmental Health Department as a Specialised Food Safety & Health and Safety Enforcement Inspector before moving on to head up Lidl UK GmbH as their UK Food Safety, H&S, Customer Services and Trading Standards Manager for several years.
Nikki DiGiovanni (Programme Manager)Paid and voluntary work career spanning 20 years including the founding of several service based community social enterprises with charitable aims.
An experienced director of many organisations including Director of the National Childminding Association and latterly a Parish Councillor with specific responsibility for Wimblington and Stonea Allotments.
With an employment history that includes, quality assurance system initiation and implementation, design and marketing incl. direct sales and campaign management, event conception and co-ordination, teaching of adult learners at various colleges, training design and delivery, community and organisational and behavioural change development work, research team manager, network support and co-ordination, project management incl risk analysis and currently fulfilling the role of Programme Manager encompassing several key projects, consultancy services and the Operational Management of CCORRN.
Mary Tyler (Governance and Finance Officer)Mary also had the day to day responssibilty for running FCLS AKA Honeybee Babies ( a Cloth Nappy Community project) until its closure earlier this year.
Robert Dunn (Director responsible for Personnel issues)Recruitment, social networking, training , counselling and helping disadvantaged people to motivate themselves and make positive changes in their lives.
Keith Smith (Director responsible for Construction Waste & WEEE, also of Hope Enterprise)
CCORRN is a registered company, limited by guarantee – No: 5370849
