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Hackney entrepreneur in double Green Business Awards scoop	*24/04/2008*

IWMS (Intelligent Waste Management Solutions), the leading waste management solutions company in the UK, today announces that its founder and Director – Philip Mossop, the Hackney-based entrepreneur who also owns Bacchus restaurant, Hoxton St, has scooped two awards at the 2008 Hackney Business Awards. read more

Top London awards for ex-student of St Ted's	*13/05/2008*

Young entrepreneur who was born and brought up in Burnley is rapidly establishing his reputation in London. Former St Theodore's RC High pupil Mr Philip Mossop (26) has been named best young entrepreneur of 2008, while his company Intelligent Waste Management Solutions, won the best environmental practice gong at hte Hackney Business Awards. read more (pdf version)

Pick up the phone to dial rag and bone…	*13/05/2008*

Greenbang had the pleasure of meeting the guys at waste-management company IWMS - last week. And very clever boys they are. They offer to take your waste away for half the price of the competition, but keep as much out of landfill as possible by recycling materials, such as metals, plastics and other bits and bobs, by reprocessing and reselling them. read more (pdf version)

IWMS keeps company waste away from the landfill	*15/05/2008*

A new company is in town, offering to pick up waste, save consumers money and contribute to the environment. Intelligent Waste Management Solutions (IWMS) is able to operate at around half the cost of their competition largely due to their recycling activities. The company reprocesses and sells recyclable materials like metals and plastics from the waste it picks up. A recent survey from the company indicates that up to 60 per cent of waste generated from businesses in the UK is easily recyclable and the company does its best to keep as much waste out of the landfill as possible. read more (pdf version)

Business class	*04/07/2008*

Waste management and recycling can prove challenging for small and medium-sized companies. MRW looks at what can be done to help SMEs need better education, says Philip Mossop, director of Intelligent Waste Management Solutions (IWMS) Despite the rising amount of waste produced by SMEs and the fact that recycling and green issues are now hot topics, there is a lack of understanding of the legal factors affecting businesses in terms of managing waste and recycling. read more (pdf version)

Where there's muck, there's brass	*24/07/2008*

At first glance, dealing with somebody else's waste doesn't seem a great sales opportunity. However, waste management is a big business these days, thanks to UK and EU environmental regulations, and Philip Mossop finds his door-to-door salesman experience very useful when it comes to negotiating over someone else's rubbish read more (pdf version)

Top 50 Fastest Growing Entrepreneurial Companies in the UK for 2008	*01/09/2008*

Intelligent Waste Management Solutions stated purpose is to increase the amount of waste diverted from landfill sites. Clients now include Caffe Nero, H&M and Allied Carpets. IWMS director Philip Mossop says the innovative aspect of the business model, aside from offering consultancy-type services, is to sell a company's waste and then share in the profits once it has been disposed of. read more (pdf version)

Waste, recycling and misaligned incentives	*07/10/2008*

Philip Mossop, director of Intelligent Waste Management Solutions, explains why the waste industry needs to embrace a whole new business model if it is to help deliver the increase in recycling levels that customers are demanding read more (pdf version)

Businesses urged to get waste certificates in order	*17/10/2008*

UK firms are being urged to complete and keep so-called waste pre-treatment certificates or notes, designed to boost recycling rates and make it easier for waste handling firms to keep track of whether or not waste has been sorted and handled in line with landfill regulations. Under regulations included in the EU's landfill directive which came into effect a year ago, all waste must be treated before it is sent to landfill in order to ensure hazardous or recyclable materials are removed. read more (pdf version)

Hackney entrepreneur turns trash into treasure for UK businesses	*24/10/2008*

Most of us don't give trash a second thought once it hits the bin, but for Philip Mossop, trash is big business. As co-founder and development director of Shoreditch-based Intelligent Waste Management Solutions (IWMS), 28-year-old Mossop takes trash out of landfills and puts cash back into the pockets of rubbish-weary-businesses across the UK. What's so intelligent about throwing away garbage? materials are removed. read more (pdf version)

Landfilled materials worth up to £20 billion	*06/11/2008*

It is grossly optimistic to claim that landfill mining is in the “to do next year” box and it could be as much as two to three decades away, according to waste expert, Peter Jones. Writing an industry opinion piece in issue 645 of RWW (6 November), Jones said that buried materials in UK landfill sites could be worth as much as £20 billion at “today’s prices”. He suggested that the 1000 sites filled in the “heyday” read more (pdf version)