Welcome to The Green Co. A social enterprise company firmly rooted in values to support education and employment opportunities for those in need.
Welcome to The Green Company (Recycling) Ltd, formerly known as SOVA Recycling Limited www.thegreenco.org.uk
We are a social enterprise company firmly rooted in values that support education and employment opportunities for those in need. In Partnership with Sheffield City Council and Veolia environmental services, we are responsible for providing waste recylcing services across the 5 Household W
03/03/2015
Recycling News: Firm fined for multiple failings at Carmarthen waste site http://ow.ly/2Vnu0I
Firm fined for multiple failings at Carmarthen waste site | Media centre - HSE A waste and recycling site in Carmarthen was in such a dangerous condition that visiting health and safety inspectors had to issue eight notices to immediately halt a range of work activities, a court has heard.
24/02/2015
Recycling News: Free-to-download Safety Wizard app - A developer has launched a free-to-download health and safety app to help small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) manage common workplace risks. The ‘SME Safety Wizard app’ is structured around HSE’s Toolbox guidance. http://ow.ly/2V4dzm
RNF Digital Innovation has developed a new app designed to help small and medium sized... RNF Digital Innovation has developed a new app designed to help small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) meet their health and safety requirements. The free-to-download Safety Wizard app, drawn directly from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Toolbox guidance offers SMEs a solution to help naviga…
17/02/2015
Recycling News: Lake District council prosecuted over bin lorry deaths http://ow.ly/2UKQ2w
Lake District council prosecuted over bin lorry deaths | Media centre - HSE A council in the Lake District has been fined £120,000 after two women were killed by reversing rubbish trucks within a year of each other.
11/02/2015
Recycling News: Suspended sentences for subcontractors for part in worker’s death http://ow.ly/2UvZwc
Suspended sentences for subcontractors for part in worker’s death | Media centre - HSE Two subcontractors have been handed eight-month prison sentences, suspended for 18 months, after a worker was killed when part of a 33-tonne metal barge he was dismantling collapsed on top of him.
22/01/2015
Recycling News: Waste company fined over worker’s life-changing injuries http://ow.ly/2THBw3
Waste company fined over worker’s life-changing injuries | Media centre - HSE A nationwide waste management company has been told to pay nearly £170,000 for safety failings after an employee suffered multiple injuries when he was crushed between a truck and a skip at a site in Essex.
20/12/2014
Recycling News: Recycling giant fined £150k for worker’s death http://ow.ly/2SlIib
Recycling giant fined £150k for worker’s death | Media centre - HSE A global metal recycling company has been fined £150k for safety failings after a worker was killed when part of a 33-tonne metal barge he was dismantling collapsed on top of him.
19/12/2014
Recycling News: Recycling firm sentenced over forklift death http://ow.ly/2SiLFO
Recycling firm sentenced over forklift death | Media centre - HSE A recycling company has been fined £180,000 after a worker was killed on his first day at work when the forklift truck he was driving overturned.
04/12/2014
Recycling News: Edinburgh firm fined after worker blinded in one eye http://ow.ly/2RzL9u
Edinburgh firm fined after worker blinded in one eye | Media centre - HSE An Edinburgh firm has been prosecuted for safety failings after a worker was severely injured and left blind in one eye when he was struck by a piece of high tensile wire.
03/12/2014
Recycling News: Engineering firm in court over worker’s fall http://ow.ly/2Rxggh
Engineering firm in court over worker’s fall | Media centre - HSE An engineering company has been fined for safety breaches after an employee was seriously injured when he fell more than four metres while dismantling a recycling cabin.
29/11/2014
Recycling News: L22 – Safe use of work equipment: ACOP and guidance (4th edition) http://ow.ly/2RmgPL
Safe use of work equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code... Guidance on the Regulations intended to ensure work equipment should not result in health and safety risks regardless of age, condition or origin
13/11/2014
Recycling aluminum cans saves 95% of the energy used to make aluminum cans from new material. Who knew?
13/11/2014
This vending machine in Istanbul dispenses dog food for homeless dogs when people put bottles in for recycling. What a fantastic idea!