Recycling & Waste Management 2018

11 2018 Recycling & Waste Management Awards Build commercial, industrial and construction wastes. The plant consists of a series of walking floor feeds, sizing screens, fines lines, manual picking stations, magnets, optical sorting machines and density separation. The whole configuration of the plant has been designed to optimise material recovery for reuse and recycling. To assist with this process and to ensure that recycling is optimised a new Untha RS100 four shaft, slow speed shredder has been installed to reduce the size of bulk and over size items prior to feeding the material into the process line. The shredder has a number of sizing screens which are interchangeable and can be used for different feed stocks. The shredding process liberates all recoverable materials from each other which ensures that the plant can recover clean recyclable items and maintain good off-take standards for the materials entering the recycling market. The shredder and the plant are designed to operate in a number of different configurations. The shredder can operate online or offline and the plant can operate in different independent modes or as one whole line thus allowing preventative and scheduled maintenance to take place without interrupting production. Such developments have helped the firm to enhance its success, but Matt is keen to highlight how the company remains committed to excellence and compliance even as the firm expands. “To ensure that we maintain our high standards as our business grows, we have implemented and achieved ISO Certification for Quality ISO 9001, Environment ISO 14001 and Safety OHSAS 18001 audited by British Standards Institution. The commitment to maintain these standards ensures that our customers can remain confident that their waste is handled responsibly.” With regards to the future, Matt is confident that M&M will continue to offer its clients the exceptional level of service that they have come to rely on, as he is proud to conclude. “Looking ahead, we are continuing to invest in processes, plant and people to ensure that we continue to deliver our service to our exacting standards and to remain at the forefront of technology enabling us to continue to improve our environmental performance. We are totally committed to reducing landfill tonnages, preserving the environment for the future and to a cleaner, greener Oxfordshire.”