No more returns April 1st 2010 SCA Recycling is loading up to 5%
more recycled waste per outgoing
vehicle at its Southampton materials
recycling facility (MRF) by using
Avery Weigh-Tronix forklift truck
scales. This has also eliminated the
problem of over or under loaded
vehicles returning for reloading.
Bales of recycled waste are loaded
on to trucks, which then proceed to
the weighbridge. If the vehicle is overloaded
it must return to have bales
removed; if it is badly underloaded it
will return to have bales added.
Says Robin Collier, operations
director for SCA Recycling:
"Returning vehicles cause congestion
both in the facility and then at the
weighbridges and are an additional
health and safety hazard. This is an
issue that we needed to address. At
Southampton the forklift trucks scales
weigh and record the bales as they are
loaded on to the truck. This has
eliminated the problem." More articles from Avery Weigh-Tronix Limited: |