Smurfit Kappa Recycling (SKR), Birmingham, U.K., has announced two key appointments for Scotland and the Northern U.K.

 

Clare Tolland has joined the company as regional manager for the north with overall responsibility for the SKR depots in Glasgow, Preston and Blackburn. Alanna Greenaway has been appointed as the new commercial manager for SKR in Scotland. Alanna will be based at SKR's Glasgow depot and develop the company's paper and board recycling collection business across the public and private sectors. Both will report to operations manager Gary Grant.

Previously regional business manager for Macfarlane Packaging in Scotland and a director of Clyde Polythene Ltd, subsidiary of Euro Packaging plc, Tolland has an in-depth knowledge of the packaging industry. Greenaway has over 10 years commercial experience within the waste management industry, working for Shanks Waste Services in a number of customer-facing roles and, more recently, for Viridor Waste Management as account manager.

SKR has recently invested GBP 100,000 in modernizing its Glasgow plant which handles 55,000 metric tpy of paper and card. Gary Grant, U.K. operations manager for SKR said: "We are thrilled that both Clare and Alanna have come on board to develop our business in Scotland and the North. Their combined knowledge of the waste and packaging sectors will enable us to divert many more tonnes of paper and card away from landfill and to realize the full potential of our Glasgow plant."

Part of the world's largest paper-based packaging group, SKR provides bespoke and sustainable solutions for businesses and organizations of all sizes including recovery of cardboard, paper and plastics, security shredding and waste disposal. Its two U.K. paper mills provide a reliable market for recovered paper and cardboard which it reprocesses to produce new packaging materials.