EMS WASTE SERVICES
Exeter-based EMS Waste Services Ltd has taken delivery of a new Volvo EW240E Material Handler for its new recycling facility, located on the Hill Barton Business Park. The new Volvo EW240E MHE becomes the prime mover at the company’s new recycling facility, replacing a two-year-old EW210 that has been re-deployed at the company’s Torbay recycling centre. “We chose the Volvo EW240E for several reasons,” explains Facility Manager, Jack Stuart. “Firstly, we needed a materials handler with an elevating cab to take over the increasing production requirements at our Torbay facility, as well as a larger machine to take over production here at Exeter. Secondly, we already operate a range of Volvo equipment that has continuously demonstrated good product reliability, so opting for the new EW240E made perfect sense,” he continues. “Relying on good aftersales support is equally important when we need it, so is another reason for choosing Volvo equipment. SMT GB has a positive attitude when it comes to supporting us – nothing is too much trouble for them. Furthermore, the products themselves hold good residual values in the market place.”
The machine has been supplied with a 6.5m straight boom, a 4m sorting arm and a Prodem selector grab for the business end of the device.
As the prime mover at the Hill Barton recycling facility, the EW240E Material Handler is in charge of sorting and handling incoming waste. Working a twelve-hour shift, the EW240E works together with a long boom L70H loading shovel and two smaller ECR145E reduced swing excavators, which work double shifts pre-sorting and loading the recycling system. In total, the machines will handle around 85,000 tonnes of waste at the Exeter facility, 95% of which is recycled. “We have a fairly unique site here at Hill Barton,” explains Jack Stuart. “Besides our new recycling facility, we have the space for recycling aggregates, processing wood for biomass, green waste recycling, and we even have an inert landfill area.” The company also plans to install a state of the art incinerator for all non- recyclable material in the near future.
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