Sustainable wastes manager, Lambeth  Jason Searles Salary:
£31,500 Jason Searles Jason Searles  This time last year I'd
only been in my job for three months, so things have developed.
I've taken on more responsibilities, running more recycling
programmes. Until recently our main focus was on picking up
refuse and recyclables. But now, equally important is education,
trying to reach people who don't necessarily get involved in
recycling. There is low participation from housing estates and
households where English isn't a first language. But improving
services takes time, mainly because they are contracted.  The
whole recycling agenda has gone up a notch. The mayor of London
has produced a draft municipal waste strategy and we're working
towards new government recycling targets for 2003-4. Plus, we're
leading into local elections, so parties start trying to score
points over who cares most about services. It all means
recycling has been pushed up the political agenda, and that
makes me feel valued.  But I am mo