Waste machinery design firm wins two key local authority contracts

Waste management machinery designer and manufacturer Whitham Mills has been appointed by two local authorities in North Wales to provide new efficient balers for operation in the council’s material recovery facilities (MRF).

Flintshire County Council and Conwy Council have turned to the company based on the Lancashire-Yorkshire border in Todmorden  after it supplied full MRF systems to both authorities in 2012.
 
Flintshire CC has upgraded its existing system, with the addition of two semi-automatic 40H balers, to its MRF facilities on Spencer’s Industrial Estate, Buckley.

Conwy Council has purchased a GB1108FSS aluminium baler, capable of processing four tons per hour, for its site at Bondlondeb.
 
Conwy Council already operates a small MRF system and a mini MRF system for the separation of plastic bottles, cardboard, aluminium cans and steel cans from segregated household waste.

Flintshire’s new 40H balers will increase the authorities’ capacity to process steel and aluminium cans. These are an upgrade from the existing continuous round tin-balers and will allow the council to produce up to three bales per hour.

The installation represents a significant growth in processing capacity for Flintshire CC and is expected to increase income for higher quality recycling materials.

Whitham Mills managing director Ben Smart said: “There are few clearer signals of excellent service than received repeat business from customers.

“Our goal is to offer the very best recycling equipment, coupled with matching levels of service and we are pleased to have been able to supply both local authorities once again.”