Leslie Heasman
Consultant Environmental Chemist,
MJCA
Leslie is an environmental chemist who has worked in waste management for more than 30 years. After graduating with a B.Sc. in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh she started work undertaking research at AERE Harwell into the fundamental behaviour of wastes and the outputs of the research fed into key government guidance documents. Since 1986 she has been providing technical advice on environmental issues with MJCA where she now is the Managing Director and Principal Environmental Chemist.
Leslie has particular interest and expertise in the assessment and control of chemical contaminants in the aquatic, atmospheric and soil environments. She has wide experience in waste management, mineral extraction, contaminated land and general environmental management together with particular skills in risk assessment where understanding the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment is critical.
The technical aspects of managing waste routinely need to be considered alongside the regulatory controls over the management of waste – from something as basic (but for from simplistic) as the definition of waste to matters as complex as what technology is regarded as ‘best’ for the management of a specific waste type at a particular point in time. Leslie has unusual and extensive experience in the practical application of these areas of interaction.
Leslie is a Chartered Chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, she is a Member of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, a Chartered Resource and Waste Manager and a Chartered Environmentalist.