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Hills develops new MRF for Wiltshire
Work is underway on manufacturing the plant for a new materials recycling facility in Wiltshire.
Hills Waste Solutions has commissioned Turmec to supply and install the MRF plant, which will have the capacity to process 20 tonnes per hour of dry mixed recyclables.
The new MRF plant, located at Sands Farm in Calne, will treat kerbside collected comingled recyclable materials collected by Hills from around 220,000 households across Wiltshire under a contract with Wiltshire Council, one of the largest unitary authorities in the country.
The new Turmec MRF equipment will include various screens with optical and magnet elements to maximise the recovery of paper, cardboard, plastic bottles (PET and HDPE), plastic pots, tubs and trays, cans (steel and aluminium) and food and drink cartons.
Henry Newbery, recycling manager for Hills said: “Turmec was awarded the contract to provide the MRF after a competitive tender process which saw Hills evaluating MRF designs from a number of providers. Turmec’s plant design and advanced sorting equipment will ensure that we achieve a high-quality separation of recycled materials.”
Hills Quarry Products has reached a milestone!
Hills Quarry Products’ supply of ready mixed concrete has grown from strength to strength since it started in 2005. With five concrete plants supplying over 1,000 customers across central and southern England, Hills has reached the fantastic milestone of producing over 1.5 million cubic metres of ready mixed concrete for a wide variety of commercial and domestic applications and uses.
This amount is the equivalent of the construction of 16 Wembley Stadium’s, four and a half Burj Khalifa towers or the volume of 600 Olympic size swimming pools.
The 1,500,000th cubic metre was delivered in October 2019 to a residential building site near Wantage, Oxfordshire for its long-standing customer, Conlon.
Chris Lambert, senior buyer at Conlon said: “Hills has supplied ready mixed concrete to Conlon at many different
sites since 2005 and has become a highly regarded and preferred supplier. Being able to contact the Hills’ concrete plants directly means we can get up to date information and amend orders easily and efficiently.”
Peter Andrew, Group director of Hills Quarry Products said: “Selling 1,500,000 m3 of ready mixed concrete is a fantastic achievement. I would like to thank Conlon and all of our customers, new and old, for their business and support. Hills does a great job fostering longstanding relationships with customers which is underpinned by a high-quality service, quality assured products and our ongoing commitment to health and safety.”
Hills Quarry Products’ franchisee driver Rob Batty delivering Hills’ 1.5millionth cubic metre of ready mixed concrete to customer Conlon’s site near Wantage, Oxfordshire.
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