After a few months of successful onsite screening using the EDGE TRT622, Repurpose It approached FOCUS enviro about installing a sorting station to segregate contamination and recover recyclable materials from the C&D stream.

“Our main objective with the new sorting station was health and safety. We were hand picking and using excavators to manually remove the contaminants from the incoming materials being tipped on the floor. We had four people on the floor with machinery working in the area and trucks tipping. We needed a system that would separate our pickers from the machinery to provide a safe working environment.” – Patrick commented.

Working with Repurpose It and the design team at EDGE, FOCUS enviro provided a customised system to match the process requirements on site. At first Patrick needed some convincing that this would be the right concept so FOCUS enviro invited Repurpose It to another EDGE MPS installation in Melbourne to see the EDGE MPS48 system in operation. The EDGE MPS48 is designed specifically for multiple sized separation of mixed waste or single stream recyclable materials. Screened C&D waste material is delivered onto the heavy duty feed hopper of the EDGE MPS48 sorting station.

The material is then conveyed to a 4 bay double sided picking station which can accommodate 1-16 people. The pickers drop the different materials into the relevant bays below. There are bins for each of the following; clean wood, dirty wood, cardboard, plastics, metals and rubbish. The clean heavy material passes under a high powered over-band magnet ensuring maximum recovery of non-ferrous metals.