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‘Right Waste Right Place’ Campaign Gaining Traction as More Organisations Sign on to Spread Message
6 December, 2016
The ‘Right Waste Right Place’ (RWRP) campaign is aimed at informing businesses of their obligations to dispose of their waste correctly and safely. Recently, the organisation has reached 24 ambassadors who have signed up to spread the message to suppliers, customers and members of businesses. The campaign is run by the Environmental Services Association (ESA); […]
Supermarket giants Tesco report single-use carrier bag usage reduction of 1.5 billion since charge introduced
22 November, 2016
A little over a year on from the introduction of the single-use carrier bag charge, UK supermarket giants Tesco has announced that an estimated 1.5 billion have been saved by its customers in England. The figures published show a 72% fall in the number of single-use plastic bags being used at Tesco stores. It is […]
Forthcoming changes to hazardous waste producers
16 February, 2016
The Environment Agency (EA) has made a small change to the process behind hazardous waste disposal which will affect many of our business customers. The change is part of the government’s ‘cutting red tape’ programme, and has surprised us all at Ribbex by actually reducing administration while still maintaining traceability and accountability which the Environment […]
Waste Industry News: Ribbex featured on letsrecycle.com under ‘latest vehicle news’ 07/03/2014
10 March, 2014
Letsrecycle.com the UK’s market leading online forum has recently showcased Ribbex’s investments in a new refuse collection vehicle with a PM weighing system, as well as a 27,000 litre capacity ADR vacuum tanker. To view the article in detail please click this link: Read Article TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW OUR LATEST INVESTMENTS CAN […]
Recycling Waste: Recycling facts and figures
8 July, 2013
UK households produced 30.5 million tonnes of waste in 2003/04, of which 17% was collected for recycling (source: defra.gov.uk). This figure is still quite low compared to some of our neighbouring EU countries, some recycling over 50% of their waste. There is still a great deal of waste which could be recycled that ends up […]