VEHICLES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
No noise is good news for Brigade
BRIGADE’S white sound reversing alarms (bbs-tek®) reduce noise pollution and now can help operators to meet the new FORS requirements.
Hills food waste recycling service set to be expanded
THE food waste recycling service run by Swindon-based Hills Waste Solutions is expanding following a successful
fi rst year.
Gary McKinnon, divisional director at Hills, said: “We launched the food waste recycling service last year and it is proving very popular with a wide variety of restaurants, shops, offi ces and factories across Swindon and Wiltshire.
“We have recently purchased a new food waste collection vehicle to keep up with demand, as the number of bins we pick
up each month has grown from 196 in March 2016 to 952 in March this year, with more customers signing up.
“By recycling food waste, businesses reduce the amount of waste sent to landfi ll and save expensive landfi ll tax costs. We utilise food waste as a resource, recycling it using anaerobic digestion to generate energy for the National Grid. Hills’ food waste recycling service has already generated over 206 MWh of electricity, which is enough to power 42 homes for a year.”
FORS silver standard already requires operators to fi t a reversing alarm - but the new FORS standard goes one step further. Operators are required to ‘reduce the noise produced by their vehicles, processes, equipment and ensure there is regular evaluation of systems and devices that could help to reduce overall noise levels.’
Reversing alarms are one of the biggest reasons for noise complaints, especially in residential streets and early in the morning or late at night. Brigade has a solution that can reduce noise pollution without compromising safety, and help operators to meet the new FORS requirement.
Bbs-tek® is a revolutionary reversing alarm that is quieter and yet safer than conventional alarms. The unique alarm is approved by the Noise Abatement Society, and has the Quiet Mark accreditation. It can be used to reverse safely without causing a noise nuisance and can only be heard in the danger zone, unlike conventional alarms.
JCB's alien alert
A fl eet of more than 20 JCB machines are playing a starring role in a cult fi lm following the biggest product placement project in the company’s history.
Skid steers loaders, Loadall telescopic handlers and JS excavators were supplied to 20th Century Fox for the making of the new Alien Covenant fi lm, which has hit UK cinema screens.
They star alongside Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston wrapped in stunning gold – the idea of British fi lm director and producer Ridley Scott, designed to give them a futuristic look.
JCB Worldwide Marketing Director Michael Plummer said: “This is the biggest product placement exercise in JCB’s history, and involved more than £1 million worth of machines.
"Ridley Scott’s idea to wrap the machines in gold delivered a stunning result, and is certainly an eye-catching addition to a fi lm which will be seen by millions of people around the world.”
The machines - which appear in the fi lm's fi nale - were supplied with the help of JCB dealer Construction Equipment Australia
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to the movie set in Sydney, Australia. Six JCB generators were also provided for the fi lm makers to use.
The equipment is used in the so-called ‘terraforming bay’, the area which alters
the environment to make it capable of supporting terrestrial life.
Alien Covenant is set almost 100 years in the future and is the sixth Alien franchise fi lm to be made.
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