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London, England, United Kingdom

Collection of waste oils that are guaranteed to be recycled in England. Lubricating oils are too valuable to use only once as a fuel. The best aftershaves and perfumes will burn but who would use them as a fuel? Lubricating base oil is just 1% of crude oil, let us take care of it for you by making sure that your waste oil is recycled, over and over again. See - www.wastelubricatingoils.co.uk

Newport, Shropshire

Formed the Company to pursue technical and legal challenges with private clients in the waste and recycling sectors.• Prepared a formal complaint to the Commission of the European Union for infraction proceedings against the UK Government for not implementing the Industrial Emission Directive requirements for small waste oil burners.• Produced a comprehensive technical document for a private client to oppose the Environment Agency and Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK’s (“SSI”)… Show more Formed the Company to pursue technical and legal challenges with private clients in the waste and recycling sectors.• Prepared a formal complaint to the Commission of the European Union for infraction proceedings against the UK Government for not implementing the Industrial Emission Directive requirements for small waste oil burners.• Produced a comprehensive technical document for a private client to oppose the Environment Agency and Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK’s (“SSI”) re-commissioning of the Redcar blast furnace using waste oil as the main energy source other than in accordance with the WID. SSI subsequently withdrew their application to the Environment Agency.• Assisted the Oil Recycling Association with representations to Defra and the Environment Agency with regard to the European Commission’s legal challenge to the UK Government’s PFO Protocol.• Successfully advised a corporate client in civil proceedings for the value of silver recovered from silver plating waste.• Successfully advised a corporate client to appeal HMRC’s decision to designate a recovered oil as a Tied Oil for excise duty purposes.• Successfully advised a corporate client and represented them at a formal mediation hearing at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators to reduce a claim against them from £1.9 million to £100k.• Advised a corporate client in the successful defence of an Environment Agency prosecution based on an abuse of process legal argument.• Appointed as an expert in support of a corporate client’s application for judicial review of the Environment Agency’s decision to suspend their environmental permit, which resulted in a High Court injunction and the voluntary withdrawal of the notice.• Reinstated permit exemptions for a corporate client after these had been withdrawn by the Environment Agency• Negotiated with the Environment Agency for a 2 year extension for the completion of onerous improvement conditions specified in a client’s environmental permit. Show less

Whether the UK does or does not go through with Brexit and whether we are or are not ruled by Europe’s new Circular Economy legislation, the thinking is already part of government thinking. As an island, we must do what all islands must do and be more self-sufficient. Circular economy thinking!As recently stated by Defra:"The Government wants to create a vibrant market for recycled materials in the UK. Our forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy will set out measures to deliver on… Show more Whether the UK does or does not go through with Brexit and whether we are or are not ruled by Europe’s new Circular Economy legislation, the thinking is already part of government thinking. As an island, we must do what all islands must do and be more self-sufficient. Circular economy thinking!As recently stated by Defra:"The Government wants to create a vibrant market for recycled materials in the UK. Our forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy will set out measures to deliver on these ambitions".IN ITS 21ST YEAR ORA has a very important role to play in promoting best practice, helping waste processors and recyclers to be more competitive and formulating an effective public policy in the decarbonisation era, especially during the period of the fourth and fifth carbon budgets through until 2032.ORA can act as a co-ordinated voice of business when talking to Government departments and by rapidly broadcasting Government thinking, policy and positions to its Members.Constructive but challenging engagement with Government helps to shape the policy making process, by putting forward the collective position of its members to government departments, agencies, regulators, the media and think tanks. This will become more important when the centre of power shifts from Brussels to London.ORA aims to provide archetypal services to businesses that have common interests in the niche waste sectors. In return for an annual subscription fee ORA offers many services including a bi-monthly trade journal, conferences, networking, training, technical advice, auditing, and End of Waste educational materials and experience. Show less

Oil recycling company creating a British Standard fuel oil product from waste oils. UK market leader involved in a landmark Court of Appeal ruling to allow the recovery of waste.Responsible for R&D, technical issues, engineering, production, end of waste legal matters, REACH and transport.• Won a landmark end of waste case versus the Environment Agency in the Court of Appeal to allow the recovery of a fuel oil product from waste lubricating oils. Produced a 3,500 page technical… Show more Oil recycling company creating a British Standard fuel oil product from waste oils. UK market leader involved in a landmark Court of Appeal ruling to allow the recovery of waste.Responsible for R&D, technical issues, engineering, production, end of waste legal matters, REACH and transport.• Won a landmark end of waste case versus the Environment Agency in the Court of Appeal to allow the recovery of a fuel oil product from waste lubricating oils. Produced a 3,500 page technical document in support of the judicial review application.• Consolidated all UK fuel oil production at one location and increased production capacity by 150% to 130k tpa.• Developed a new fuel oil product in conformance with BS2869 for use in shell and tube steam boiler systems.• Developed end of waste guidance and test methods in co-operation with the Environment Agency.• Re-engineered and modified an existing patented oil recovery process to achieve the 2010 End of Waste Protocol.• Managed UK military, naval and aviation waste fuel arisings for export to European markets.• Installed bespoke oil filter fragmentation plant for the recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.• Managed UK waste oil collection network involving 60 rigid and articulated road tankers operating from 14 locations. Show less

Oil recycling company. Niche capital-intensive R&D business with oil trading activity and wholly owned subsidiary in Germany. Responsible for all technical aspects in addition to accounting, oil trading and the development of Petrus Oils Germany GmbH.• Successfully presented and steered the company’s defence in a high profile environmental court case and recovered all legal costs amounting to over £200,000.• Designed a sophisticated electronic business model and negotiated… Show more Oil recycling company. Niche capital-intensive R&D business with oil trading activity and wholly owned subsidiary in Germany. Responsible for all technical aspects in addition to accounting, oil trading and the development of Petrus Oils Germany GmbH.• Successfully presented and steered the company’s defence in a high profile environmental court case and recovered all legal costs amounting to over £200,000.• Designed a sophisticated electronic business model and negotiated a discretionary EU Objective One EUR 19.5 million capital grant for a new EUR 39 million investment in Germany.• Due to a collapse in the value of oil commodities to a 25-year low, reorganised UK refining operations with a drastic reduction in personnel combined with formulating a new direction for the future development of the company. This resulted in a break-even position the following year compared to cumulative losses of £4 million during the previous 3 years.• Created a new oil import trading activity based on outsourced supplies, storage, shipping and road transportation services and negotiated sales to the UK power generation sector worth £2.6 million over a 15 month period making a profit of £350,000.• Devised a new product with a partner company for stopgap added value sales to their existing customer base worth £1.7 million over 4 months, with the incremental profit divided equally between the parties.• Due to a cash equity shortfall formulated negotiations with a non-SME company and secured their EUR 1.5 million investment for a new project in Eastern Germany Show less

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Cresswell, Stoke On Trent