New Horizon - Issue 3 - Agriculture

Talking rubbish and making
money work harder
Site Operations Manager, Clive Loxton “I
would recommend the Yanmar to anyone
in the construction and recycling industry.”
A major recycling operation in the Mendips shows just
how efficient the recycling of non-hazardous waste can be.
Where most waste in the past used to go to landfill sites
that generated pollutants and greenhouse gases such as
methane gas, today, very little waste goes to landfill, the
majority having been recycled, processed or used to fuel
power generators that feed the national grid, in the form
of green energy.
Commercial Recycling Southern Ltd., has been in business for
over 40 years and the Shepton Mallet plant - one of two such
facilities in the south west, handles around 1500 tonnes of
municipal, commercial, non-clinical and construction waste
every week with in-excess of 75% being recycled for re-use. Site
Operations Manager, Clive Loxton, has been with the company
since 1999 and drives a very efficient operation, separating and
processing a wide range of materials, including; cardboard,
plastics, wood, textiles, ferrous and non-ferrous metals,
black-bag, garden and demolition waste, to name but a few.
Commented Clive Loxton, “Landfill costs increase every year by
some eight per cent and so for both the environmental benefits
as well as the cost of operation, it’s incumbent on us to make
sure we sort every conceivable material or item to re-use in a
recycled form or, to fuel green energy plants. Our processing
plants are ultra-efficient and are making a big difference by
reducing environmental pressure throughout the west country.”
Types of equipment used to help maintain the efficiency of the
plant might include material handlers and loaders, 360º excavators,
cardboard baling machines and shredding equipment.
“The owners of our company,” added Clive, “Ian Mariner and
Bill Riddle and, Operations Director Bill Watson in the past
have been using high-end construction machines, such as Volvo
products, to handle and process the bulk materials that come to
our plant. These machines can be very expensive. But our Area
Operations Manager Kevin Bishop and I took a look at what
else was on the market that could handle waste products and
- meet the significant legislation that controls our industry. We
looked at various brands of excavator, finding that the one that
impressed us most was the Yanmar range. We have a local main
dealer for Yanmar in the Hunt Forest Group and they showed us
around the product, which really appealed to us. Not only were
we impressed by specification and performance but financially,
we were looking at saving at least fifteen thousand pounds by
buying the Yanmar instead of the Volvo product.”
Commercial Recycling Southern Ltd acquired an 8 Tonne
Yanmar, ViO 80 360º Excavator, with LDH selector grab. It also
comes with rear cameras and a front screen. It runs on rubber
tracks, has very little overhang - and is powered by a Yanmar 4
cylinder 40.7kW engine.
“What I really love about the Yanmar,” added Clive, “ is that
it is a high capacity machine that can work in a low building.
Even though it is compact, the cab and operator environment
is very comfortable and non-restrictive. The cab visibility is
quite amazing and one very big plus is that it has separate PTO
adjusters which means, I can set the rotation and response speed
of the materials selector grab to suit my mode of operation. That
means I can be super-efficient at separating materials, from a
mechanical perspective - which can give me a much-improved
performance and material output throughout every day.”
Hunt Forest Group’s Chris Barnes came and installed the Yanmar
for Clive and his team to make sure they were getting the best
performance and were able to use all the benefits of the machine to
help speed up their materials processing. “When Chris from Hunt
Forest came and showed us around the Yanmar,” enthused Clive,
“I could tell he really knew the product inside out. The service backup
and product support from Hunt Forest has been excellent and
our investment has shown that the quality of the Yanmar product
can match and be just as efficient as the much more expensive
machines that we were using. I really love this machine and it meets
all the legislative and health and safety requirements of working
within the recycling industry. I would recommend the Yanmar to
anyone in the construction and recycling industry. It’s proven to be
a very high quality product, for little money.”
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