Ubico wins prestigious National Recycling Award!

Ubico wins prestigious National Recycling Award!

We are delighted to announce that Ubico has won a coveted MRW National Recycling Award in the 'Employee Training and Skills' category

The MRW National Recycling Awards bring together recycling and resource management professionals to recognise and celebrate best practice and innovation in recycling and resource management. The results of the MRW National Recycling Awards were revealed on 6 December at the Westminster Park Plaza, London. The night of recognition and celebration of the sector's achievements saw around 500 attendees come together from the recycling industry.

Ubico were praised by the expert judging panel, who are drawn from across the recycling sector who stated that

"This organisation took ownership for tackling key industry issues and backed it with investment and the right people. The reduction in Riddor (reportable accidents) rate and the number of drivers who qualified through the new training centre clearly showed measurable success."

Ubico's people are our strongest asset and their training and development are key to the safe and successful delivery of key frontline services. In 2020, we created our own training centre to bring training in-house wherever possible allowing us to expand our offering and develop our skillset, improving the accessibility and flexibility of course delivery for our people, and allowing targeted and specific training needs to be met.

Beth Boughton, Managing Director of Ubico said

"We are absolutely delighted to have received this prestigious award, recognition of the hard work and success of our training centre, which has gone from strength to strength since its inception in 2020, rapidly expanding its offering to keep with the ever changing needs of the company."

Corin Williams, editor of MRW, said:

"How the UK deals with its resources is one of the most pressing issues of our age.The MRW National Recycling Award winners have all demonstrated their ingenuity and effectiveness in preventing waste and reusing or recycling materials."f we want to reach our net-zero targets, develop more secure supply chains and take care of our environment, we should take note of these winners. They are leading the way."

For more information on MRW's National Recycling Awards 2022 go to https://nra.mrw.co.uk/