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title: RCV Smart Loader Highly Commended at Awards for Excellence
description: The RCV Smart Loader wins Highly Commended at  Awards for Excellence in Waste and Recycling, at the prestigious ceremony held in London on 16 May.
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# [RCV Smart Loader Highly Commended at Awards for Excellence](https://blog.proximitywarning.com/rcv-smart-loader-highly-commended-at-awards-for-excellence)

 Written by [Sam Boshier](https://blog.proximitywarning.com/author/sam-boshier) | May 20, 2024 1:41:12 PM

Last week we came home with a second Highly Commended Award for the RCV Smart Loader project. This time it was at the 21st Awards for Excellence in Waste and Recycling, run by [letsrecycle.com](http://letsrecycle.com).

The award category was [Health and Safety Initiative of the year](https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/ceremony-reveals-winners-of-2024-awards-for-excellence/) and recognises initiatives to raise health and safety standards within a waste management or recycling business, or in a relevant local authority division. ** **

The RCV Smart Loader project’s aim was to reduce the risk to employees using bin lifts in automatic mode without compromising the operational efficiency on collection rounds. SiteZone and [FCC Environment](https://www.fccenvironment.co.uk/) worked together to understand the frequency of the risk occurring and take steps to manage the risk, creating long term behavioural change.

Sam Boshier, Marketing Manager, commented,

> "We always love being a part of this event to celebrate the best of the waste and recycling sector. We were honoured to bring home the Highly Commended Award, our second accolade for RCV Smart Loader.
> 
> One of our favourite moments in the ceremony was the standing ovation given to the Serco Sandwell Collection Crews for their brave actions saving a couple and a dog from a burning building."

This is the second of five awards that SiteZone Safety and FCC Environment have been shortlisted for. The remaining three include:

- [IIRSM Barry Holt Award – Outstanding Risk Management Practice](https://blog.proximitywarning.com/double-iirsm-awards-shortlisting-for-rcv-smart-loader-project)
- [IIRSM Most Impactful Risk Research Project](https://blog.proximitywarning.com/double-iirsm-awards-shortlisting-for-rcv-smart-loader-project)
- [British Safety Council – Health and Safety Transformation Award](https://www.britsafe.org/awards-and-events/awards/international-safety-awards/free-to-enter-awards-applicant-lists-2024)

 

Read more about RCV Smart Loader [here](https://www.proximitywarning.com/sitezone-rcv-smart-loader). 

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