by Ryan Thorpe | Apr 29, 2022 | Asbestos, health and Safety
The best way to handle, dispose of and recycle asbestos is to hire licensed asbestos abatement professionals. Learn more about how asbestos is recycled and how professionals safely handle and dispose of asbestos-containing materials. Why It’s Important to Handle...
by Ryan Thorpe | May 24, 2021 | health and Safety, Recycling
Recycling is important, right? For many people, though, knowing what can and can’t be recycled is confusing. If you’re one of those people, read on. A new lease of life In 2005, due to our concern about the huge amount of rubbish ending up in landfill, we set up a...
by Ryan Thorpe | Mar 31, 2021 | employee, health and Safety, reliable, Staying Safe
At Pink Bins, we take safety extremely seriously. After all, we’re a people business operating heavy machinery. So, to ensure that our staff and customers are always safe, we work with Suzanne Liddington from Sage Consulting and Management. In this post, we explain...
by Ryan Thorpe | Jul 1, 2020 | Covid-19, health and Safety
Like all Kiwi businesses, we at Pink Bins were pretty happy about New Zealand moving to alert-level 1. Let’s hope that, as a country, we can continue to keep covid-19 at bay. Getting back to normal Sure, none of us can yet jump on a plane for an overseas holiday, but...
by editor | May 28, 2020 | Covid-19, health and Safety
On May 11, the Government finally gave the green light for New Zealand to shift to alert level 2. How have things changed for Pink Bins? Well, not a lot. We take the threat of COVID-19 extremely seriously, so the precautions we are now taking in level 2, are much the...
by editor | Jan 21, 2016 | hard working, health and Safety, reliable, staff
So, 2016 is here. Let’s hope it’s a good year for us all. One issue that has hampered the waste disposal industry in recent years — and the trucking industry in general— is a lack of good truck drivers. Last year, Road Transport Forum (RTF) chief executive, Ken...
