JCB equipment at futuristic waste facility
New Earth Solutions purchase five Wastemaster machines for new MBT plant in Leicestershire
A PIONEERING waste-treatment and recycling firm has purchased five JCB Wastemaster models to enhance productivity at its new state-of-the-art mechanical and biological treatment (MBT) plant in Leicestershire.
New Earth Solutions have bought the machines – a JCB JS220 materials handler, a JCB 541-70 Loadall telescopic handler, a JCB 180 skid-steer loader and two JCB 426 wheel loaders – to perform waste-rehandling duties at their new Cotesbach MBT plant near Lutterworth.
Focused on technologies and processes which recover value from waste and reduce its impact on the environment, New Earth Solutions opened the revolutionary facility in October 2010.
The site uses the latest mechanical sorting equipment, advanced bio-filters and automated monitoring and control systems, with all processes fully enclosed. It has the capacity to process 50,000 tonnes of waste each year and is underpinned by a contract with Lafarge Aggregates Ltd to treat Leicestershire’s household waste over a five-to-seven-year period.
Graham Roberts, New Earth Solutions’ site manager at Cotesbach, said: ‘We assessed the available equipment on the market and the JCB Wastemaster package met our requirements for performance, service support and cost. The machines are performing well and contributing to the ambitious overall efficiency targets at this brand new site.’
