Industrial Waste Recycling

WASTE EQUALS OPPORTUNITY FOR PILOT CRUSHTEC INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS. 12.7% RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATIONS ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING INDUSTRIALISATION AND CONSUMERISM ARE STRAINING NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL RESOURCES TO BREAKING POINT, IN CAPE TOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, LANDFILL SITES RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED VOLUME OF 2.37 MILLION TONNES OF WASTE IN 2007. BY 2010 INPUT HAD RISEN TO MORE THAN 2,67 MILLION TONNES. GAIN IN THREE YEARS THIS MAGNITUDE IN GROWTH iS PUTTING CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE ON THE CITY'S THREE LANDFILLS, COASTAL PARK, EQUIVALENT TO 205 VISSERSHOK AND BELLVILLE SOUTH WHICH ALREADY CONSTITUTE A COMBINED AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 252 HECTARES. BUT TIME IS RUNNING OUT. ESTIMATES ARE THAT COASTAL PARK FOOTBALL WILL REACH MAXIMUM CAPACITY BY 2027; VISSERSHOK, WHEN FIELDS EXTENDED, WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LIFESPAN OF BETWEEN SIX TO NINE YEARS, WHILE BELLVILLE SOUTH CLOSURE IS PLANNED FOR 2018. THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, DOES NOT JUST REST WITH THE CAPACITY OF LANDFILLS. THE ILLEGAL DUMPING OF WASTE COSTS THE CAPE TOWN MUNICIPALITY AN ESTIMATED R200 MILLION EVERY YEAR, PROMPTING CALLS TO IMPOUND VEHICLES BELONGING TO PEOPLE OR ORGANISATIONS FOUND TO BE BEHAVING ILLEGALLY. CONVERSELY, THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF OFFICIAL SITES BY WAIVING DUMPING CHARGES. A RECENT STUDY CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE NEARLY 1,000 ILLEGAL DUMPING 'HOT SPOTS' WITHIN THE CAPE TOWN MUNICIPAL AREA ALONE. THE WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT IN ITS 2013 'STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT INCLUDED A CHAPTER ON WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WHILE IT OUTLINED THE CONSIDERABLE ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES PROVOKED BY WASTE WITHIN THE PROVINCE, IT ALSO PROPOSED SOME VERY POSITIVE OPTIONS THE REPORT STATED THAT WASTE IS INCREASINGLY BEING CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL RESOURCE AND IT IS NOW BELIEVED THAT ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS THE ABILITY TO RECOVER AND RECYCLE MATERIALS, CREATING SECOND GENERATION PRODUCTS WITHOUT DRAINING FINITE RESOURCES. THIS PROPOSITION GAINS CONSIDERABLE WEIGHT WHEN LOOKING AT 2010 STATISTICS WHICH REVEAL THAT NEARLY T0% OF RECORDED WASTE IN THE AREA IS MADE UP OF BUILDING RUBBLE, GLASS AND GARDEN WASTE, ALL OF WHICH IS EASILY RECYCLABLE AND REUSABLE. PILOT CRUSHTEC INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL SALES MANAGER NICOLAN GOVENDER BELIEVES THAT THE SWING TOWARD RECYCLING IS WELL UNDER WAY IN THE WESTERN CAPE WITH A NUMBER OF 70% CUSTOMERS HAVING PURCHASED CRUSHING AND SCREENING EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROCESSING OF LARGE VOLUMES OF RUBBLE, ORGANIC MATERIAL AND GLASS. A PRIME EXAMPLE IS PHILIPPI-BASED CUSTOMER DONADIO PLANT HIRE, WHICH RECENTLY TOOK DELIVERY OF A RUBBLE MASTER RM70GO! HORIZONTAL SHAFT IMPACT CRUSHER. THE RUBBLE MASTER IS FULLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING ALL MAJOR WASTE CATEGORIES, INCLUDING BUILDING RUBBLE, CONCRETE, ASPHALT, ORGANIC MATERIALS AND GLASS AT A RATE OF UP TO 120 TONNES PER HOUR. IT IS ALSO EASILY TRANSPORTABLE. THE RUBBLE MASTER IS A TRACK-MOUNTED CRUSHER WHICH, USING AN ON BOARD REMOTE CONTROL CAN BE LOADED ONTO A LOW-BED TRAILER AND TRANSPORTED TO AND FROM DIFFERENT SITES BY A SINGLE OPERATOR. THIS COMPANY IS NO STRANGER TO RECYCLING AND HAS EXTRACTED AND PROCESSED 10 MILLION M3 MORE THAN 10 MILLION M'OF ORGANIC WASTE FROM THE REGION'S LANDFILLS USING PILOT CRUSHTEC INTERNATIONAL SCREENS. THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE OF ORGANIC WASTE MUNICIPALITY INCLUDED THE PROCESSING OF BUILDING RUBBLE ACROSS SEVERAL SITES FOR WHICH THEY OPTED FOR A RUBBLE MASTER RM70GO! "WE ARE GOING TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE OLD BUILDINGS WHICH ARE BEING DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW STRUCTURES WILLBE RECYCLED ON SITE AND CONVERTED BACK INTO USABLE BUILDING MATERIAL," SAYS GOVENDER. THIS IS A SCENARIO WHICH TAKES WASTE, DUMPING COSTS AND SPACE CONSTRAINTS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE EQUATION. PILOT CRUSHTEC INTERNATIONAL ALSO OFFERS A RANGE OF MODULAR PLANTS WHICH CAN BE UTILISED AT A CENTRAL WASTE DEPOSITORY OR COLLECTION CENTRE. GLASS, CONCRETE AND ALUMINIUM FEATURE HIGH ON THE RECYCLING CHAIN FOR TWO VERY GOOD REASONS. THE FIRST IS THAT THE RECYCLED MATERIAL IS CHEMICALLY AND MECHANICALLY IDENTICAL TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE. THE SECOND IS THAT UP TO 25% ENERGY CAN BE SAVED BY PRODUCING BOTTLES, CANS AND CONCRETE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS COMPARED TO THE PRODUCTION OF THESE PRODUCTS FROM VIRGIN MATERIALS.