OVERSEAS INNOVATIONS – BY TIMOTHY BYRNE
Island hopping fi rm mark half century in business with brand new vehicles
FAMILY-OWNED Martinez Cano provides the effi cient collection of dry mixed recyclables for Gran Canaria and Tenerife using four new waste collection vehicles. 2018 marked the 50th year in business for Martinez Cano, which was founded in Alzina-Valencia in 1968 and now operates across all of the Canary Islands. To provide an effi cient collection service to its clients, their sleek new vehicles are fi tted with Geesinknorba’s renowned ‘Smartpack’ system. These new additions to the company’s fl eets in Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and were purchased from Geesinknorba GPMIV waste collection vehicles from Geesinknorba, in Spain.
Specifi cations
The new vehicles consist of two GPMIV 17H25 17m3 units, one of which is mounted onto a MAN TGS 18.320 4x2 18-tonne chassis, while the second is mounted onto a Mercedes Antos 1833 4x2 18-tonne chassis. Two GPMIV 22H25 22m3 units have also been supplied mounted onto MAN TGS 26.360 6x2 rear steer 26-tonne chassis. All four units have been fi tted with Geesinknorba’s GCB 1000 S3 bin lifting equipment which have DIN type trunnion lifting arms fi tted for the emptying of DIN 30700 type containers as well as a comb bar for the emptying of DIN 30740 type containers. This uses the minimum amount of fuel from the vehicle’s pump to operate the bin lift and compaction equipment, which improves fuel consumption. To ease driver fatigue, all of the new vehicles feature automatic transmissions. This also helps in reducing maintenance costs in the replacement of clutches when a manual transmission would have conventionally been used. All of the trucks are GIS/GPS tracked so management know where vehicles are in real time. The software also measures the vehicles’ speed, course and fuel consumption.
Private sector service Previously, Martinez Cano provided a
THE MAN TGS 18.320 4x2 18-tonne chassis
mobile waste collection service for private sector clients on the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, ranging from hotels, restaurants, offi ces, supermarkets, and warehouses to local industries. The company also collect dry mixed recyclables for municipalities across the islands in conjunction with Ecoembes. Residual industrial waste on the two islands is also collected by Martinez Cano using its fl eet of waste collection vehicles.
Colour coordinated
Containers of 800-1000-litre capacities are provided to the clients by Martinez Cano. Blue-coloured containers are for the collection of cardboard, while yellow containers are for the commingled collection of plastics and steel/ aluminium cans. The size and capacity of these containers depends on the space each client has to store them. Dry mixed recyclables are also collected in containers of 800-1000-litre capacities from communal collection points for municipalities across the islands, for example, blue for cardboard and yellow for commingled plastic and steel/ aluminium cans. These containers are supplied by municipalities and Martinez Cano’s responsibility is only the emptying and collection of recyclable materials. Additionally, residual industrial waste is
collected in grey 800-1000-litre containers. Once the collection service has been completed, the crew travel to Martinez Cano’s materials recycling facilities (MRFs) at either Telde in Gran Canaria or to either Güímar or La Campana in Tenerife. The MRFs segregate the plastics into their respective types, for example, PET, LDPE and HDPE as well as processing the cardboard, steel and aluminium cans. These cans are baled and exported for re-manufacture to the peninsula, while plastics are processed on Gran Canaria at Plascán, a subsidiary company in the Martinez Cano Group.
UK: food for thought?
In conclusion, Martinez Cano provides a high quality collection and materials reprocessing service for both its private and public sector clients on the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife. The company is at the forefront of innovation and sustain- ability - testifi ed by the company’s 50th anniversary this year. Martinez Cano is also working hard at reprocessing the recyclable plastics it collects and recovers on Gran Canaria in conjunction with subsidiary company Plascán. This helps both the local economy in terms of employment prospects, while meeting the requirements imposed by the 2018 Circular Economy Package.
Trucking down memory lane
Lavelle’s 1993 Mercedes SK 4x2 18-tonne chassis fi tted with a David Mackrill Engineering DME ‘MACLOAD’ 16m3
trade waste collection
unit complete with David Mackrill comb type bin lifting equipment. By TIMOTHY BYRNE
32 SHWM January, 2019
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