To us, cardboard is one of the most valuable commodities in the modern ‘waste’ environment. So many of us handle it on a daily basis, it’s easy to recycle and it can be transformed into a vast array of other products in its next ‘life’. We’re therefore great advocates of cardboard baling and recycling – as the number of cardboard balers in our fleet no doubt shows!
But, for tho...
In this new ‘baler of the month’ feature, we quiz Riverside Waste Machinery’s MD Jonathan Oldfield on the key features and stand-out benefits of our chosen model.
This month, the RWM 75 waste baler is the focus of our quick-fire questions:
Describe this machine in one sentence:
The RWM 75 is a robust yet compact waste baler that is incredibly easy to use.
Back in October 2015, the news that shops in England would legally have to charge 5p for all single-use carrier bags, was met with a mixed response.
Some praised the decision, recognising the environmental impact that the careless disposal of plastic bags can have. Others criticised the move, annoyed by the (albeit small) increased cost of a shopping trip.
Unbelievably, some people even predicted that the initiative wouldn’t ...
The world’s leading nuclear research organisation National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has strengthened its waste reduction programme with investment in a heavy duty waste baler.
NNL is globally renowned for its nuclear research, technical development, reactor operations support, and the provision of decommissioning expertise for facilities throughout the UK.
But keen to advance its environmen...
With so much doom and gloom dominating the media headlines at present (we don’t even need to say the B word for you to know what we’re talking about), we thought we’d post a more positive blog steeped in praise.
And that praise is certainly deserved.
The humble drinks can is a product many of us will handle on a daily basis – before disposing of it responsibly of course! But there’s been a lot of conversation surround...
We read an interesting article recently which described the ‘quantum leap’ that has occurred in the plastics industry.
The words were taken from Ton Emans, president of the Plastics Recyclers Europe management committee, who spoke at the organisation’s Portugal congress in June.
He outlined the significant increase in global plastics production, which has grown from 1.5 million tonnes in 1950 to 311 million tonnes in 2014...
GUEST BLOG: As the nation digests what is by far the biggest economic talking point of recent times, we speak to fellow waste machinery specialist Marcus Brew, from UNTHA UK, on the Brexit shock...
It is with a heavy heart that I offer comment on the UK’s majority decision to leave the European Union. After so much anticipation and debate, the outcome is, in all honesty, ...
Riverside’s managing director Jonathan Oldfield was recently asked to pen some advice for readers of the Yorkshire Post. He honed in on top 10 tips to help businesses devise a new recycling strategy. If you missed the resulting article, you can read it in full here…
Remember the mantra ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ – it prioritises what we should do with business waste and in what order. We know it’s better to avoid pr...
Electrical distributor Edmundson Electrical has installed a new waste baler within its Doncaster branch, as the company furthers its quest to ‘go green’.
As the largest electrical distributor in the UK – with over 280 branches nationwide – it is no surprise that Edmundson Electrical produces a large amount of packaging ‘waste’. But as an environmentally friendly business, with a number of resource-efficient initiatives already ...
Recycling specialist Riverside Waste Machinery has once again secured the prestigious SafeContractor accreditation, for its commitment to health and safety excellence.
The North Yorkshire headquartered business was first awarded the recognition in summer 2015, following a rigorous audit of the team’s safety protocol. But 12 months on the company has proved its quality control mechanisms ensure consistently high standards, with Riverside maintaining ...
It has long been cited as one of the most important materials for the UK to recycle. Clean, used cardboard and paper provides mills throughout the country with recovered fibre that they can then transform into new card, newspaper and tissue-based products.
The prices that these mills will pay for a tonne of recycled paper and cardboard have risen throughout the early months of 2016. There’...
They say ‘time flies when you’re having fun’, and the phrase must be true. It’s almost twenty years since Riverside was first established, but it feels nothing like two decades!
Over that time, we’ve secured a staggering 70% of new business from word of mouth recommendations. Satisfied clients have name dropped us to their peers, because both our technology, and our engineers, have delivered on the promises they’ve made.
It may sound like a bold statement for a company like Riverside Waste Machinery to make. For almost two decades we’ve spoken to clients, colleagues, peers and the wider industry about the importance of recycling. We’ve encouraged people to think carefully about the materials they disregard as ‘rubbish’ and therefore throw away. We’ve shared tips to help prevent these valuable resources from being sent to landfill, and we’ve sold hundreds of balers t...
Downstream mail provider Secured Mail has introduced a new recycling station within its Luton facility, as the company works towards ISO14001 accreditation.
Delivering more than 500 million items for retailers and other businesses, every year, it’s no surprise Secured Mail has a variety of packaging ‘waste’ arisings to handle. Plastic film and cardboard package are used in the transit of frei...
This week we praised the efforts of Coca-Cola and Keep Britain Tidy, who have launched a joint initiative to better understand why people littler soft drinks packaging.
It is obviously a subject close to the ‘hearts’ of both organisations, so it was fantastic to read about the efforts they are going to, t...
We’ve read a lot about the proposed standardisation of waste collection processes recently, with Defra Minister Rory Stewart reportedly in favour of a more consistent approach. He has claimed that a staggering £19m could be saved in London every year, if a single system was introduced. Roll that out across the country and the benefits could be phenomenal.
There’s a new face at Riverside Waste Machinery’s North Yorkshire headquarters, following the recruitment of service manager Barry Scanlon.
Heading up Riverside’s after sales division, Barry is now the main point of contact for existing waste baler customers.
Mention the word ‘baler’ to a farmer and most will picture a vast agricultural machine to compress hay. But forward-thinking Allpress Farms identified that a waste baler could improve the family-run firm’s commitment to the environment.
Packaging materials including polypropylene, polythene, cardboard and paper could all be diverted from landfill for recycling. And a smarter appro...
Specialist motor and gearbox manufacturer Mellor Electrics has overhauled its approach to recycling with the help of a mill size baler from Riverside Waste Machinery.
And thanks to the quality and volume of bales it can produce, this world-leading engineering firm looks set to achieve a return on investment in as little as 15 months.
With a global and varied client-base, Mellor Electrics buys in a wide range of component parts ...
Industry headlines have been abuzz recently with news of a new recycling initiative being trialled by fast food giant McDonald’s.
150 of the chain’s UK restaurants are reportedly set to collect their previously non-recyclable, plastic-coated paper cups, so that they can be reprocessed at James Cropper’s reclaimed fibre plant.
Whilst the success of the scheme is yet to be determined, this could be a pioneering step for McD...
Riverside’s managing director Jonathan Oldfield considers the likely impact on the waste and recycling industry, if Britain’s membership of the European Union comes to an end…
“Is Britain better off in or out of the EU? I’d love to get hold of Google’s statistics in a few months’ time, to learn how many people have explored this much-debated question.
Some think tank reports have suggested there’ll be a...
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been chosen as a Theo Paphitis SBS winner!
The well-known former Dragon runs a ‘Small Business Sunday’ competition on his Twitter page every Sunday evening. Businesses throughout the UK tweet Theo with a short ‘pitch’ about their business with the hashtag #SBS. He then chooses his favourite six to retweet on Monday evening.
We used our 140 characters wisely to tell Theo about how we he...
It perhaps seems unlikely to think that anyone outside the waste and recycling profession would consider our industry as rich in entrepreneurship. But the more you read about innovation at various stages of the supply chain, the more you see just how much clever thinking is taking place for the benefit of businesses and the environment alike.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online defines an entrepreneur as: ‘someone who
When it comes to the resource landscape, technologies that address waste to energy challenges often attract a lot of attention. To a certain degree, that’s understandable. Innovations in this arena are helping the UK and overseas nations create fossil fuel substitutes from materials that could potentially be otherwise classed as, well, rubbish! And some of the progress being achieved in this market, as our planet strives to work environmentally smarter, truly is ground-bre...
In December, our client Todds Waste Management was interviewed by leading industry journal Skip Hire Magazine, for the popular monthly feature 'Best Kit I Ever Bought'. If you missed the write up, you can read the article in full here...
Name: Matthew Pearson
Business: Todd Waste Management
Type of business: Integrated waste management – collection, sorting and recycling to ach...
Last month, Riverside was just one of a large number of organisations in the environmental sector to express grave concerns surrounding potential cuts to funding. But it seems the very vocal efforts of businesses large and small, have actually been heard.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the Environment Agency will receive an additional £20...
Whether you care to admit it or not, Christmas is fast approaching! We’re not going to scare you with how many sleeps there are until the big day, as no doubt you’ve still got dozens of presents to wrap, sprouts to buy and nativity plays to…enjoy.
But with only four weeks to go until we shut down for the festive holidays it does seem timely to notify you of a few key dates.
Our North Yorkshire headquarters will cl...
It has been another great year for Riverside Waste Machinery, with the North Yorkshire team of waste baling specialists making clients’ big waste worries small, throughout the whole of the UK.
Whether the focus has been waste volume reduction, cost savings, protecting the environment, improving site safety, or boosting CSR credentials, dozens of new organisations the length and breadth of the country have addressed their goals and started to make pr...
We’ve read some encouraging reports in the national news recently. The UK economy is set to outstrip the Eurozone in terms of growth, according to the latest Economic Outlook released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), for instance. A “robust pace” is the term used to describe the momentum that the UK is predicted to experience over the next two years, with employment figures projected to continually rise.
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‘Who is responsible for driving recycling progress?’ It is perhaps an impossible question to answer. Those of us in the industry are so passionate about making continued steps forward when it comes to resource efficiency that sometimes we scratch our heads as to how to drive further momentum.
Other people would argue that this question is actually not that complex at all – everyone has a role to play in ensuring ongoing progress. This is a viewp...