First mobile IQR FlexHammer 1800 in the UK

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• 7th October 2008
• Recycling
 

 

Across the valley from Ovenden Moor Wind Farm above Halifax, Envirowaste Services, perched high on Swales Moor, has taken delivery of the UK's first mobile IQR FlexHammer 1800. Part of the Leo Group of companies, Envirowaste Services and its sister company, The Big Green Timber Company, will initially use the high-capacity, heavy-duty, high-speed shredder to increase the amount of wood waste they recover from 25,000 tonnes per annum to 50,000 tpa.

"The amount of waste wood still going to landfill in the UK is astonishing. The addition of the FlexHammer helps us to divert more material from landfill and recycle it into products for a variety of uses including energy production," said Bobby Barr, sales and commercial manager.

As an Environment Agency accredited reprocessor of packaging waste, Envirowaste is already diverting around 25,000 tpa of pallets, packing cases and other types of packaging waste from landfill.

"At the moment we are achieving around a 75% recycling rate from all the material processed through our waste transfer stations. This new machine we help us to increase that to more than 95%," Bobby continued.

Envirowaste operates two fully licensed waste transfer stations in both Halifax and Bradford. The Boothstown site is ideally located for processing material for recycling and they pay particular attention to the impact on local residents, ecological considerations and noise and dust reductions. Providing a reliable collection and recycling service is second nature to Envirowaste, which has plans to upgrade its fleet of 24 collection vehicles in the near future.

"This is a necessary part of providing the reliable, efficient and on-time service we are renowned for," commented Bobby.

He continues, "As well as ensuring a reliable and dedicated service it means we are always one step ahead. This is also reflected in our purchase of the first mobile IQR FlexHammer in the UK."

Set up in 1997 and currently employing 55 people, Envirowaste reclaims a variety of materials from its domestic, commercial, C&D, industrial and municipal contracts throughout West Yorkshire. Materials reclaimed include cardboard and paper for pulping; plastics for further reprocessing; wood for board production and biomass; metal; and a range of quality recycled aggregates, including Type 1, 6F2, pipe-bedding and top-soil.

Bobby is enthusiastic about the effect the shredder will have on the company's productivity and finances, "The flexible hammers make this a true multi-material machine. We can quickly and easily move the machine to a different part of the yard and switch from wood waste processing to converting residual waste into RDF without having the laborious task and associated downtime of changing the hammers to cope with the change in material. Material that would previously have gone to landfill can now be converted into a highly sought after, environmentally sustainable RDF product."

The C27 CAT engine powering the machine benefits from brand new Advanced Combustion Emissions Reduction Technology (ACERT). This saves Envirowaste Services money in terms of fuel costs due to the lower fuel consumption and benefits the environment with even lower emissions.

When asked about the future of the waste industry Bobby can see an ever closer synergy between the waste and energy industries. "Some material just can't be recycled, but it can be converted into a valuable carbon-friendly fuel that can form part of the answer to on-going sustainable energy production," he says.

He concludes, "The UK must hit its recycling targets and this machine will help us to divert even more material from landfill and provide an environmentally sustainable fuel that can help reduce carbon emissions."

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