Riva srl ​​began its activity as early as 1930 as a sole proprietorship "Riva Augusto", dealing with both ferrous waste and waste of organic and animal origin. Subsequently the activity was continued by his son Riva Franco starting from 1970, when for some time now the object of the company concerned exclusively the collection and processing of ferrous and non-ferrous waste (metals), the recycling of raw materials, after acquisition from diversified sources, the subsequent separation of individual components and remediation of pollutants

The company owns a large area equipped for scrap management, also having all the municipal and regional authorizations required for carrying out an activity that, today, is to be considered very socially significant.

The operational headquarters of the company RIVA srl has been located, for 30 years now, on the state road 24 at Km 17, in an industrial area in the town of Alpignano fraz. Grange Palmero, and occupies an area of ​​about 16,000 square meters, almost all of which are cemented and asphalted.