Together making the world greener
Together making the world greener
After 11 ½ years of good service our old main granulator is being retired to light duties.
Today we took delivery of our new Andrirtz MeWa UG1600H https://www.andritz.com/products-en/recycling/recycling/granulator-ug
which is being installed over the next week. The granulator is virtually the last step in our plant once the Small WEEE de-pollution has happened via labour intensive hand sorting and MeWa QZ disassembly process.
Keeping any recycling facility operating reliably demands continuous investment in both quality plant and top engineering staff to maintain smooth running. This in turn allows us to give a reliable and cost-effective recycling service with best environmental outcome for our customers.
Thanks to everyone for a busy 2018.
Our 3rd TOMRA arrived today!
Continued technology advances in the gadgets we love means smaller and smarter devices become common place in our busy lives. Smaller and smarter means more complicated recycling. The good news is that TOMRA’s latest sorting equipment technology has also got smarter and embraces these new challenges.
Today SWEEEP Kuusakoski have taken delivery of our 3rd TOMRA sorter which will work in tandem with our existing metal finder at a combined sorting rate of 6 tonnes per hour. TOMRA’s intelligent object recognition controls 960 air jets all primed to sort circuit board away from plastic. End result being an exceptional level of sorting resolution, making it possible to identify even the finest particles with great precision.
You can see the technology here: https://www.tomra.com/en/sorting/recycling/products/finder
Our investment is only justifiable because of the continued support and commitment from our customers.
This is never taken for granted and always greatly appreciated.
To all SWEEEP Staff:
Charity Dragon Boat Festival 8th Sept 2018, SWEEEP Paddle Power team members apply now!
The 8th September 2018 will see the 21st annual Charity Dragon Boat Festival at Bewl Water and this is your chance to be part of our dragon boat team.
Crews of 16 paddlers (plus a drummer) race in Chinese-style Dragon Boats over a 250-metre course. Crews do not need to be super fit or skilled to be successful - all that's required is teamwork and a good sense of fun!
Your invitation will be with your next wage slip or print off from: https://www.facebook.com/sweeepkuusakoski/
See you on the water!
AATF Forum Press release – 09 March 2018
The AATF Forum represents the interests of the WEEE AATF sector and currently has 18 members representing over 80% of WEEE treatment. It’s membership is open to any AATF operator with meetings held every two months that have been recently attended by the environmental agencies, Defra, the WEEE Scheme Forum and BMRA.
The aims of the Forum are to create a sustainable WEEE processing industry by better understanding the impact of UK WEEE on the global environment and ensuring its members always follow best practice and circular economy ethos in the recycling and the reuse of WEEE.
It has been working on a number of issues that affect the effective working of the WEEE regulations and the ability for the UK to meet future targets for treatment and recycling and has formulated a response to Defra’s proposed 2018 collection targets.
In summary, the Forum believes that by simply tracking the previous year’s collection performance, Defra is failing to meet both the spirit and the environmental requirements of the WEEE Directive, namely ‘The purpose of this Directive is to contribute to sustainable production and consumption… by the re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of such wastes so as to reduce the disposal of waste and to contribute to the efficient use of resources and the retrieval of valuable secondary raw materials.’ The proposed targets lack ambition and make assumptions that the WEEE is simply not available. The Forum asserts that there is significant leakage in the system and the lack of incentive to collect WEEE provided by the Compliance Fee has led to potentially obligated WEEE being processed through informal – and often environmentally damaging – disposal routes such as illegal exports and non-accredited ATFs. Without a robust system of WEEE management, the UK’s treatment infrastructure is at risk of lacking the investment needed for sustainable growth to ensure that high environmental standards are properly applied and maintained.
The Forum further believes that the reliance on ‘substantiated estimates’ by Defra undermines the UK’s aspiration to be an environmental leader as it effectively supports a substandard treatment regime.
The Forum has put forward proposals to Defra to add ambition back into the targets to maintain achievable growth. It recognises the challenges caused by reduced new product sales, but there is still a huge gap of 772,000 tonnes between WEEE and EEE placed onto the market that is not explained.
The Forum is also urging Defra to maximise the use of the Compliance Fee revenue raised from the 99,000 tonne shortfall on the 2017 targets to focus on identifying why so much WEEE is not being captured and to educate both householders and businesses on the need for correct WEEE disposal through a properly funded media campaign.
https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/weee-aatf-critical-defra-targets/
Current AATF Forum Members
AO, Balcan Engineering, Eco Technology, Electrical Waste, EMR, Environcom, GAP Waste, Light Brothers, London Mining, Mercury Recycling, Recycling Lives, S Norton, Sims, SWEEEP, Veolia, Viridor, Wastecare and Wiser.
With 10 years now under their recycling belt, time has
With recent changes in the WEEE directive increasing recycling
SWEEEP Kuuskakoski are proud to
The repair parties for broken appliances
Are you a
Zero Waste is no longer a utopian dream. The reality, which
SWEEEP Kuusakoski is tackling a global challenge thanks to a
Schools recycling race is down to the wire
More than
SWEEEP Kuusakoski helping to prevent climate
SWEEEP Kuusakoski was awarded the first ever Recycling Business
30 November 2018
After 11 ½ years of good service our old main granulator is being retired to light duties.
Today we took delivery of our new Andrirtz MeWa UG1600H https://www.andritz.com/products-en/recycling/recycling/granulator-ug
which is being installed over the next week. The granulator is virtually the last step in our plant once the Small WEEE de-pollution has happened via labour intensive hand sorting and MeWa QZ disassembly process.
Keeping any recycling facility operating reliably demands continuous investment in both quality plant and top engineering staff to maintain smooth running. This in turn allows us to give a reliable and cost-effective recycling service with best environmental outcome for our customers.
Thanks to everyone for a busy 2018.
© 2018
© SweeepKuusakoski | Privacy | Contact Us