A 20 tons-per-hour dry recyclables sorting system designed, manufactured and installed by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), described by the company as state-of-the-art, has begun processing recyclables at a new material recovery facility (MRF) for SCA Recycling in Southampton, United Kingdom.
The MRF processes consumer, commercial and industrial materials, recovering recyclable commodities and diverting these materials from landfill.
The BHS system for SCA Recycling expands the global paper company’s recycling operations beyond paper to include a wider range of recyclables including plastics, glass and metals. “Although trading conditions are challenging, we believe that it is a good time for SCA Recycling to develop and expand,” says SCA Recycling Director Steve Smith. “We are the first integrated paper group to go into the multi-material market and we hope to lead the drive for quality.”
BHS, in a news release, says the highly-automated innovative facility “raises the bar in environmental and technical standards, incorporating the latest in patented screening, optical, and air separation technologies to ensure high recovery and purity of recyclables at high throughput rates.” The BHS design maximizes the recovery of marketable commodities, yielding minimal residual material and reducing disposal costs, according to the company.
The BHS system focuses on the reduction of operating costs by optimizing integrated processes to emphasize mechanization and the extraction of recoverable materials on the “first pass,” says BHS. “As a result, the products produced by the system are high in quality, the cost to process material is low, and the capture rate of high value materials is excellent with extremely low residue values,” the company states in its news release.
“This will enhance the ability of SCA Recycling to compete successfully where customers place high demands on sustainability,” says SCA Recycling Managing Director Ken Stevens. “Recycling has become an essential part of everyday life, and the U.K. desperately needs merchant facilities to meet the growing requirement for cost-effective, sustainable alternatives to landfill,” he adds.
Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), based in Eugene, Ore., designs, manufactures and installs processing systems to extract recoverable materials from waste streams. The company bills itself as a leading supplier of processing systems for the solid waste, recycling, wood products/compost and waste-to-energy industries and as one that continues to develop new-generation products and systems while adding to an extensive list of patented technologies.
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