In our fully licensed and approved recycling facility, which began operating in 2001, we separate all recycling material ourselves which we process into euro bales and send directly to the final processing stations, insuring costs are always kept at a minimum for the customer and the environment.
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Process 1: Dry Recyclable Infeed Dry Recyclables are pushed on to the infeed conveyor and this is the start of the separation process. The first material to be removed is large cardboard and this placed to the side for bailing at a later stage. |
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Process 2: Ballistic Separator The dry recyclables then enter a Ballistic Separator which shakes the material using paddles set at an incline causing the 3D objects such as plastic bottles and cans to roll down to one end and the flat objects to “Walk” up to the other end. |
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Process 3: Sorting Room The material then enters the sorting cabin on two separate lines – The flat line (news papers etc) and the 3D line (plastic bottles, cans etc). |
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Process 4: Optical Sorting (Plastic Film) At the end of the flat line is a Titech Optical sorting system that detects any small plastic film remaining in the paper stream. It then sends a signal to an air jet at the end of the line, which blows the plastic into a separate bunker. The product running off the end of the line is then baled paper ready for shipping. |
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Process 5: Optical Sorting (Plastic Bottles) On the 3D line the material passes through a Titech Optical sorting system that detects plastic bottles. Again the bottles are detected by the Titech scanner and as they come to the end of the conveyor an air jet blows the bottles into one bunker while the remaining material carries on down the line. |
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Process 6: Metal Removal The material then passes under an overband magnet and the large magnet pulls out any metal components such as steel can. |
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Process 7: Aluminium Removal After the magnet the material passes through an Eddie current which repels the aluminium cans into a bunker and the material that carries on is baled as paper. |
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Process 8: Bailing The paper that runs off the flat line and the 3D line then enters the baler where it is compacted and tied with wire. |
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Process 9: Storage The bales are then stacked awaiting loading into containers. |
