Richard Pike
I built his first recycling storage bench in early lockdown Feb 2020. “First test, Mrs Pike!” Thankfully, it passed with glowing approval. “She loved it!” And, filled with confidence, and feeling pretty pleased with myself, I showed it to my neighbour, who also thought it was a great idea and promptly asked if he would make one for him!
The rest as they say is history. Orders snowballed. We now supplying recycling storage solutions across Wales and we developed a new flatpack which can be sent anywhere in the UK.
“Recycling is so important to the environment, but I have to say the bags are difficult to manage; there are so many! My first thought was a plastic box. Being a larger gentleman, my thoughts turned to trying to find a stronger wooden container that could double as extra seating in our garden.”
“I have to say someone else invented a wooden box before me, but all I was doing was moving the problem of using the bags into a box which I would have to take out of the box to use, that’s when I came up with my design, lift the lid drop in the recycling, job done!”
Also, having dogs, `I soon released that another problem could be solved: “No more picking up my recycling around the garden distributed by my dogs and the local seagulls. Stormy weather! Again, another issue solved, bags and caddies all safe from the wind and out of sight.”
Four years on Richard and his team are producing ‘Recycling Storage Solutions
“It’s been quite a journey,” “Recycling our household waste properly makes a massive impact to our environment, reducing landfill and recycling waste,
Recycling Storage Solutions helps you manage your recycling and make your life easier.” We’re pretty sure that journey has only just begun.