Richard Biffa

Richard Biffa (Born December 23rd, 1939, Harrow, England)

Waste management entrepreneur and founder director of the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors. Involvement with developing the Waste management sector post war. Pioneer in the privatisation of domestic waste collection in the 1980's. Member of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management.Best known for the introduction of waste skips into the UK in the 1960s. Joined family company, Richard Biffa Ltd, clinker contractors, in Wembley in 1958. The company was started in 1919 by his grandfather, Richard Henry Biffa, and was engaged in the removal of ashes and clinker from the London power stations. These residues were largely used in the construction industry and many of the World War 2 landing fields were built using clinker as a sub base. Clinker was also used to manufacture breeze blocks which were used at that time to build the internal walls of houses. They were the forerunners of Thermalite blocks. In 1960, Richard Biffa Jr started up the company's Waste management division and introduced a containerised system (skips) for collecting industrial and commercial waste from factories and commercial premises. This service became a great success and was expanded to become a nationwide service.

Via the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors, became involved in helping to transform a fragmented and unregulated industry into a professional and environmentally caring sector.

Father: Richard Frank Biffa 1907-1988Grandfather: Richard Henry Biffa 1882-1955

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*cite book |title=From Dawn 'Til Dust: Haulin' London's Rubbish |last=O'Connor |first=Tony |year=2007 |publisher=Upfront Publishing |isbn=184426453X |pages=pp. 6-15 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hNpacD13qHYC&pg=PA6&dq=%22Richard+Biffa%22&num=100&sig=4nFXLawFjltkoRLG2wZ8Ybf7bcE#PPA16,M1