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  Recycling Focus
Hyundai wheeled loaders prove
themselves in the Waste
Recycling Sector
A native of South Africa, Jody Scheckter enjoyed success in Formula One between 1972 and 1980 and remains the only driver from the African continent to win the World Championship which he did in 1979 with Ferrari. On his retirement in 1980, he was snapped up for commentary work with various broadcasters including CBS Sports, ABC and ITV.
Jody now spends his time as a biodynamic farmer having bought the 2,500 acres Laverstoke Park Farm, near Overton, Hampshire. Laverstoke Park Farm is now seen as the UK’s premier producer of organic Buffalo Mozzarella, Ice Cream and a range of biodynamic sparkling wines. The farm’s aim was to become self-sustaining and self-sufficient, producing the best produce available, the best-tasting, healthiest food, without compromise, and this is something they have achieved thanks to creating the most ideal, natural, healthy environment that will enable their animals and crops to thrive.
Whilst buffalo cheeses and sparkling wine are a major part of the farm’s output, the production of high-quality compost is now a massive part of the drive to biodiversity for the farm.
Michael Kolinek is the farm’s Managing Director and looks after both the production and composting facilities with his small, but very experienced and focussed team. “The 7-acre composting site is run by just three operatives. We like to try and keep our whole operation simple and cost effective.” Michael explains “We also want the whole operation to be run as environmentally friendly as possible and this means using a combination of highly productive and fuel-efficient equipment as possible.”
  The site operates a mixture of static and mobile shredding and screening equipment to produce their compost products. The static plant, whilst productive, requires material to be brought to it. The mobile plant on the other hand, is exactly that and provides the team on the ground the option to move around the yard and process material where and when they need to. Green waste is sourced from across the south of England with many local authorities sending their material into the site. Current planning permission allows the site to handle 70,000 tonnes of material on an annual basis with each batch of material taking nine weeks to move from the initial green waste into the highly desirable compost products shipped out in bulk on a daily basis. “We are very choosy about the material that we handle here.” Michael explains “We will happily turn a load away if it is too contaminated. We know we are going to have to pick out some contaminants, but we have had loads come in with the actual household green waste bins mixed in!”
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