Pollution, noise and dust emissions are factors companies must take into consideration when dealing with waste management.
They also need to choose the right equipment, by considering their cost, maintenance and transportation requirements, according to crusher and screening bucket manufacturer
The Italian company says that the inert material recycling sector is evolving and continually looking for the best answer to the question of how to manage waste material. It adds that waste management has become a real priority for all operators, job sites, quarries and construction management.
MB Crusher says it is now possible to complete a material recycling cycle directly on the job site. It has highlighted five ways that that the equipment such as its own crusher buckets can effectively manage waste material.
Firstly, crushing and screening on-site allow the job to be self-reliant and eliminates hauling and dumping fees, even in large quarries. In Saudi Arabia, for example, a BF135.8 Crusher bucket (that fits excavators with an operating weight above 94,800lbs) and a MB-S18 Screening bucket (that fist excavators with an operating weight between 44,100lbs and 77,100lbs) processed inert material that was then reutilised for the construction of the Riyadh metro system. The same company managed to extract the material, screen it, crush it and put it to new use.
Secondly, MB Crusher says that all inert material processed with one of its units can bring profit to the operation. One of the company's customers in Northern Italy said: “We tore down and built back up a number of reinforced concrete pigsties with grated flooring. We didn’t have any issues with rebar; the MB Crusher bucket was paired with an iron separator. The resulting crushed material was perfect for reuse right there on the job site.”
A third way of managing waste is for 'restored' crushed material to be used as fill on the job site, new construction and other projects, and which can also be sold on the market. This was accomplished by a Swiss company, that used two MB Crusher products - a crusher bucket and a screening bucket - to create a complete recycling operation: volume reduction, material selection and reuse on-site.
“We wanted to find a system to lower our costs, allow us to reutilise inert material, and become more competitive all the while supplying our customers with the requested services," said a representative of the Swiss company. "With MB, we can lower labour expenses, machine wear and consumption. All the while producing impeccable recycled material at a highly competitive price without interrupting the operation.”
Fourthly, companies can invest in along lasting product that will provide a quick return. For the last ten years, a BF120.4 Crusher bucket has been crushing dolomitic rock in a quarry 30km away from Ljubljana in Slovenia. The quarry operator says that the most demanding maintenance intervention they have had, was replacing the belts. This was done on-site by the excavator operator, without hiring a specialised workshop or mechanic.
Finally, MB Crusher says that processing material with its products is easy, because it is all done safely from the excavators cabin. The operator can pick up the material and crush or screen it directly into the transport truck or as fill in a trench.
It adds that there is not a problem if the material is reinforced because, after crushing it, the operator can separate the ferrous material from the cabin with an iron separator located on the MB crusher or screener bucket.
