Wendy is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Fellow of CIWM having worked in the waste industry in Local Government for over 25 years. As County Waste Manager she heads up the waste management team at Devon County Council leading a team of 20 professional staff and is responsible for an annual budget of around £38m. As a Waste Disposal Authority, the County Council manages around 370,000 tonnes of Local Authority Collected Waste of which 54% is currently recycled/composted. The remainder is largely sent to Energy Recovery Facilities with only a small fraction continuing to be sent to landfill. Through a number of contracts the County Council manages waste collected by 8 District Councils, provides a network of 19 Household Waste Recycling Centres, promotes behaviour change through key campaigns & waste education under the ‘Don’t Let Waste go to Waste’ banner as well as having some responsibility for 58 closed landfill sites. Wendy is a CIWM SW Centre Councillor, Vice Chair of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) Waste Group as well as sitting on the Policy and Advisory Committee of the National Association of Waste Disposal Officers (NAWDO).