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TURMEC completes the design and installation of State-of-the-Art Waste Recycling Facility for Thorntons
      Key Facts – Case Study
• C&D C&I plant rebuild
• Material type: C&D / C&I
• Hoursperannum:4000
• Input capacity: C&D Processing line 60 tph & C&I
processing line 40tph
• Annualcapacity:250,000tonnes
Overview
Thorntons Recycling is a family-owned business established in 1979 by Pádraig & Carmel Thornton, based in Dublin, Ireland. The company has grown into one of the largest professional waste management companies providing waste collection, recycling, and recovery services to customers in Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow and nationwide. Annually Thorntons processes over 700,000 tonnes of material through its 9 facilities including Irelands largest food waste Compost facility at Kilmainhamwood, Co Meath. It employs over 550 staff and has a collection fleet of over 150 vehicles. The business is operated in compliance with a number of International Standards – ISO 9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 and EN15713.
The Challenge
In January 2021 Thorntons Recycling suffered a major fire at one of their largest processing facilities at Killeen Road in Dublin. This fire was devastating and required a total re- instatement of all equipment within the fastest time possible to minimise business interruption.
This gave Thorntons an opportunity to build a new processing line that was:
1. Designed to maximise segregation and recycling
2. Availed of the best available sorting technology
3. Purpose built to suit the waste and needs of Thorntons
Recycling
4. Designed to fit into the previous building footprint
5. Was reconfigured to allow Thorntons to move potential
odour material to a better processing location on site
6. That was energy efficient and reduced emissions
They went to tender looking for a partner to design, procure and build a plant for them that would support their existing business where they serve over 80,000 customers each day, and improve efficiencies.
In March 2021 Turmec were awarded the contract to deliver a plant with a throughput rate of 100 tph comprising of 60tph C&D (Construction & Demolition Waste) and 40tph MSW (Municipal Solid Waste). The plant separates metals (ferrous & non-ferrous) from MSW materials received and produces SRF from low grade paper, cardboard, and plastic.
The Solution
Thorntons requirement was to recycle and recover as much material as possible from the mixed waste it collects and processes thus diverting waste away from landfill. Turmec designed a highly automated, bespoke plant for Thorntons that minimised the operating footprint and recovers the high value materials suitable for recycling, produces an SRF grade
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