James Fulford
Director

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James Fulford is a Director with Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd. Prior to joining Eunomia in 2004 he was a local government waste officer and, from 1995 to 1998 he worked in third sector waste service design and operational management. With a focus on the practical implications of waste policy his interests are both to support good policy development and to help private and public sector service providers to make operations as cost-efficient as possible, thus ensuring that positive environmental outcomes are maximised for available spend.

Much of his recent work has focussed on the local government efficiency agenda from policy and operational perspectives. Waste and recycling collection service reviews for individual authorities can deliver major cost savings which, in these financially difficult times, are sorely needed. The savings available from partnership working can be much greater still. James has been heavily involved in both individual and partnership development projects over recent years and from 2007 to 2009 ran the South West Centre of Excellence’s Waste Efficiency Programme. In 2011 he led the team which designed and developed Defra and iESE’s ‘Partnership toolkit’, available on the WIN website.

Co-author of a national review describing how to cut the costs of waste service operations by £750m / annum, James has been consulted by the Prime Minister’s Policy and Implementation Unit regarding the ways in which the waste sector can contribute to delivering economic growth. He is regularly asked to present at events both in the UK and further afield to discuss how service performance and quality can be maintained whilst cutting costs.

James takes a lead for Eunomia on commercial waste collection services projects and has delivered a number of policy development projects both for WRAP and for the Welsh Government. He has also supported a number of authorities to review their waste service operations to reduce the costs of service provision, increase revenues and to understand how these services can become more focussed on the separate collection of recyclable materials. Again, much of this work has been carried out in a partnership context.

He has over the years been closely involved in the development of food waste collection systems and understanding the issues that drive performance and cost. He has designed, managed and analysed the performance of practical trials and has provided support to numerous districts considering their options in respect of food waste collections. He has participated in the running of seminars designed to inform members and senior officers regarding the various practical issues and is a member of PDM’s ‘Visionary Panel’ a cross-industry group which seeks to define how the country’s performance in terms of diverting food waste from landfill can be built upon and further improved.