Household Green Waste Chipping/Shredding

Local Authorities are finding that the most cost effective way to meet recycling targets for domestic green waste is to chip and shred at source and then leave for the householder to use as mulch or for composting. GreenMech have been working closely with Worcestershire County Council and Redditch Borough Council to find ways to help reduce the amounts of domestic green waste going to landfill. Using GreenMech’s Award winning Eco Combi, a combined chipper/shredder, towed behind a vehicle Redditch Borough Council have been trialing the chipping/shredding of household green waste at the homeowners premises.

The trials have been so successful the scheme is now being made permanent and GreenMech have developed at Worcestershire County Council’s request a Combi mounted on a 3500kg pickup chassis, the Shreddermobile. The Shreddermobile has all the standard features of GreenMech’s Chippers i.e. No Stress control and Disc Blade Chipping/Shredding Technology, and is a compact outfit to access household driveways and restricted areas with ease. The GreenMech Combi unit is capable of chipping up to 150mm (6-inch) and shredding 50mm (2-inch) of all forms of green waste even if wet or contaminated with soil, stones etc. The GreenMech Eco Combi has been modified to enable the processed material to be loaded into bags at the kerbside and given back to the householder for composting or mulch.

The trials have indicated that each household has on average 5-10 bags of about 22kg, with good route planning an average of 2 households per hour can be visited giving in excess of 6000kg per week of green waste being processed and removed from the waste system, this more than covers operating costs and leaves the operating Authority no disposal costs.

For further information contact Hazel Honeybourne on:
T: +44 (0)1789 400044. F: +44 (0) 1789 400167.
E: sales@greenmech.co.uk . W: www.greenmech.co.uk