In the past six months, the company has purchased specialised equipment including a state-of-the-art SID hook shredder, an automatic PAAL baling press with 200 metric ton pressing force, a Cross Wrap bale wrapping line and two new Linde forklift trucks with B&B bale clamp attachments.
Boomeco has also spent half a million pounds on improving the site itself, laying new concrete flooring and creating a second weighbridge.
The investment has helped the company to change the procedures by which it exports RDF to Europe after it encountered problems with flies over the summer from storing RDF at Avonmouth docks (see letsrecycle.com story). Now, rather than being stored at the docks, RDF bales are taken directly from the Avonmouth site onto vessels by its specialist vehicles.
In a statement, the company said: “This investment ensures the waste is securely contained at the site, all the way to delivery to its European destinations.”
Site purchase
Boomeco also last week announced the purchase of its 10 acre Avonmouth site from clients of LaSalle Investment Management. The site is currently handling around 60,000 tonnes and 65,000 tonnes of RDF per year.
Oliver Latter, founder of Boomeco, said: “This major investment means we can offer first-class recycling and recovery facilities, providing sustainable solutions that divert waste from landfill. The purchase of the site shows our long-term commitment to the area; we are already employing a local team of 18 people and we have ambitious growth plans for the business.”
Boomeco was founded in 2001 as a specialist in the recycling of wood products. More recently, it has introduced the export of RDF from its Avonmouth site to Europe.
Earlier this year, the company secured a six year contract with North Somerset Council to process 7,000 tonnes of refuse a year. Export of RDF has seen rapid growth in the last few years, going from zero exported from the UK in 2010 to around two million tonnes expected to be exported to Europe this year.
The company has also been named as the supplier for 60,000 tonnes of waste wood fuel for a biomass gasification plant being proposed by Balfour Beatty which would be located on the Boomeco site. Bristol city councillors are due to meet tomorrow (November 5) to decide on whether to grant planning permission for the plant. At present, Boomeco exports this material.
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