RAGN-SELLS
Ragn-Sells has been a trailblazer for environmental services , waste management and recycling for decades . It has always been primarily motivated by the opportunity to make a positive difference , and – at this moment in time – its enduring ethos has never been more relevant
Above all , Ragn-Sells is a company way ahead of its time . It has to be . While we have all been immersed in the trappings of ownership , comfort and a single-use ‘ utopia ’, this intrepid Swedish company has been a standout leader in managing the fall out from globalisation .
When you have developing countries and a broadening of the ‘ civilised world ’, there are always byproducts – figuratively and literally . On the one hand , there is the greater sense of parity , opportunity and wealth that comes with industrialisation , but on the other , there is the ubiquitous reality of waste on an industrial scale . It is impossible to have one without the other and , for almost 150 years , Ragn-Sells has been reconciled to this inconvenient truth and determined to address it .
Indeed , when most of the human race really started demanding more , wanting a greater stake in the highly seductive transactional ecosystem , there weren ’ t many dissenting voices asking , “ who ’ s going to clear up the mess afterwards ?”
Affordability and availability have been rampant since the 1960s , and the company has been in a constant cycle of reinvention . It ’ s fair to say that long before the documentaries about the destructive patterns of manufacturing and the cyclone of mass consumerism , Ragn-Sells was forming strategies , finding ways and peering
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