WASTE NOSTALGIA BY TIMOTHY BYRNE 32 yard3 Big Bite with the Mark Two series
skip lifting arms, built in the early 1980s for Leigh Environmental’s Derby operation
In 1989, Jack Allen launched the largest waste collection vehicle ever constructed in the world, at the 1989 Institute of Wastes Management (IWM) Torbay exhibition.
It was a 38.2m³ 50 yard³ ‘Mighty Bite’ rear end loading trailer, with Mark Three series skip lifting arms and Donkey/auxiliary engine.
The ‘Mighty Bite’ was pulled by a Renault ‘G’ Series two axle 4x2 41 tonne tractor unit supplied by Renault Trucks of Birmingham, and fi tted with a Donkey/auxiliary engine so that it could work independently without a tractor unit.
Units were supplied to Pembrokeshire Council for the collection of civic amenity site wastes, while Wimpey Waste Management Ltd purchased one for industrial skip container collection.
Jack Allen also off ered optional container handling equipment devices for all of their models. This was called the S&M trunnion lifter, which could empty 660 and 1100 litre Eurocarts and 2 yard³ Easicarts. The S&M lifter was fi tted in conjunction with the conventional Mark Three series skip lifting arms.
There’s no doubting the fact the company was a pioneer of the industry, and the company name a byword for quality, ruggedness, and value for money.
A new 32 yard3 Big Bite with Mark Two series skip lifting arms, built in the mid 1980s for Wistech PLC Cash-strapped councils should maximise flexibility
THE Environmental Services Association (ESA) has launched a campaign to promote the use of outsourcing to deliver cost savings, and drive innovation in service delivery for local authorities and their residents.
ESA has published a briefi ng: ‘Delivering best value through competition’ to accompany the campaign launch.
More councils are moving away from competitive tender procedures for their waste services, either by moving services in-house or by using a ‘Teckal’ exemption from the Public Procurement Directives. ESA believes this is taking away the
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opportunity for those councils to use the market, to fi nd the best solutions to fi t their local circumstances.
ESA’s Executive Director, Jacob Hayler said: “ESA recognises many Local Authorities are concerned about locking themselves into infl exible arrangements for up to 10 years for their waste services.
“But we believe that competitive tenders – open to both private and publically owned service providers – can be used to protect councils from changes in future legislation in the most aff ordable way.”
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