About Us
Dr. Ken Westlake
Auditor
Ken has almost 20 years experience of waste management consultancy and training, undertaking work in a number of overseas countries as well as the UK. In the past, he has lectured on hazardous waste management at Loughborough University, studied the microbiology of landfill sites, landfill management consultancy, contaminated land and environmental management and audits. After a spell as a consultant with the Centre for Research into the Built Environment and Land Quality Management, he established Westlake Associates in 2000.
In recent years, Ken's work has focused on sustainable waste management options where, for instance, he has advised on the establishment and infrastructural requirements for municipal waste composting in Uruguay. While working in Oman on the development of a strategic master plan for sludge and solid waste, he wrote the principles of control and legislation that should apply within any regime for the management of solid wastes.
Through training activities for the Environment Agency (1996 - current) and CIWM (2000 - current) he has developed a great understanding of waste-related legislation including auditing requirements in support of specific issues such as the duty of care and ISO 14001 environmental management systems.
