Dr Adam Read is responsible for government engagement and collaborative working with CIWM, the ESA and other trade bodies in the UK and internationally.
Adam has more than 25 years’ experience in the waste sector as an academic, researcher, local authority officer and consultant. For 15 years he has supported local authorities in reviewing their services, procuring solutions, and considering alternative partnering models, from in-sourcing and joint working, to contracting, profit share options, and true open book accounting whilst a consultant.
He is a respected ‘waste management’ academic, Adam holds visiting lectureships at a number of UK Universities, including Research Fellowships at the Universities of Brighton and Kingston. He was formerly Visiting Professor at Northampton University, an honour reflecting his innovative work on public consultation and engagement in waste management services, and sits on the Editorial Board of a number of the leading academic journals, including Resources, Conservation & Recycling and the Journal of Solid Waste Technology & Management.
He has spoken widely at practical waste management conferences in the UK and across the globe, and is extensively published in the academic and practical press. He has spoken at major international conferences and is also on the Editorial Board of Sustain, a regular contributor to the CIWM Waste Management Journal, is Editorial Advisor to Resource and has had his own monthly column on letsrecycle.com and waste & resource management websites. Adam is currently an RWM Ambassador.
Adam has been ranked in the top 20 of the Resource Hot 100 most influential waste professionals for the last 8 years, and is the youngest recipient of a CIWM fellowship.