Local MP Opens New Fortress Recycling Facility
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he MP for Leamington Spa and Warwick, Matt Western, formally opened Fortress Waste’s new
state of the art, Dry Mixed Recyclables (“DMR”) waste recycling plant, which was designed and supplied by Blue Southern. Most impressively, the plant, which cost in excess of £4.5 million, has been constructed within a building measuring just 730sq. metres and 6.5m high.
T e main objective is to reduce the amount of waste going to landfi ll by 50%, resulting in immediate and considerable savings in landfi ll charges. Utilising the technology proposed by Design Engineer at Blue Southern, Tom Rutherford, the plant is already achieving 98% purity on cardboard and paper. At this level, the business is able to sell the 9,900 tonnes of paper and card it processes at a premium price, and therefore generate a signifi cant income from the waste.
In total, there are seven material waste streams separated; card, ferrous, fi lm, plastic bottles and non-ferrous, as well as residual and fi nes, all of which are quality checked before the materials enter the respective bunkers. T is is because purity of the fi nal material is critical in achieving the plant’s objectives set by Fortress. Another key aim of the plant was for
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it to include a high level of automation, freeing up labour for alternative tasks across the site. One such example can be found within the bunkers, which have built in weigh cells. Once the cells indicate there is suffi cient material for a bale, the bunker automatically opens, taking precisely enough material to the Marathon 2R250 baler, which in turn feeds a cross wrap direct with steel tie. Alternatively, should the material not require baling, the Westeria conveyor feeding the baler is bi-directional meaning the waste stream can bypass the baler and go direct to lorry for loading. Overall the system is looking to produce around 80 bales of the various materials each day.
Commenting on the plant, Tom Rutherford said: “Aſt er listening to our customers objectives we knew it was going to be a challenge to meet their aims in such a compact space. Our experience however has allowed us to create a highly automated plant, utilising almost every inch of the site which will recover numerous materials to a very high purity level.”
Fortress, Managing Director, David Pass said: “We have invested heavily in this plant which incorporates the very latest technologies to ensure we are the forefront of waste recycling in the UK. Not
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