High interest in vehicle recycling at Stoneleigh Live

The sale was agreed at the Stoneleigh Live recycling and waste exhibition today, and will see the Aberdeen-based vehicle dismantlers taking on a mobile de-pollution system.

A Rozone de-pollution rig which Overton dismantlers purchased at Stoneleigh Live

Rozone Ltd, a subsidiary of Rubery Owen Holdings, supplies SEDA de-pollution equipment that the company says can extract over 98% of fluids from the average end of life vehicle. About 800 SEDA mobile systems have been sold worldwide.

The system can de-pollute up to 20 vehicles each day, with facilities to remove petrol, diesel, windscreen washer fluid, radiator fluid, brake fluid and engine oil.

Paul Owen, joint managing director of Rozone, said: “We are surprised and delighted at the number of stand visitors during the first morning. The order from Overton Dismantlers is the icing on the cake, with hopefully more to come.”

Rozone also sold a clean diesel storage system at Stoneleigh Live today, to Crawley-based GW & Bridges, as well as oil filter crushing equipment to Babbington Car Spares of Leeds.

Seminars

At an event that included a free seminar with speakers from the DTI, the Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association and metal recyclers EMR, there has been a lot of interest from vehicle dismantlers and recyclers on the first day of Stoneleigh Live, with Rozone’s rivals Crow Environmental reporting a good amount of interest in their systems.

” We are surprised and delighted at the number of stand visitors during the first morning “
– Paul Owen, Rozone
Other exhibitors have received good interest from visitors on the first day of the show, which also included a free seminar on how to make the most of alternate weekly collections. Free seminars on the second day of Stoneleigh Live include discussions on WEEE, paper recycling and running successful waste awareness campaigns.

Plastics

The first exhibitor has already signed up for next year’s exhibition – Recovered Plastics Ltd, a plastics reprocessor based in Wrexham. The company reprocesses about 600 tonnes of material each month, supplying granulated plastics for use in a variety of new products including street furniture.

Paul Rendle-Barnes, Recovered Plastics director said the Stoneleigh event was a “innovative and fresh approach” to exhibiting in the recycling sector. He said: “The choice of location, services and facilities for exhibitors exceed usual event expectations.

“With the range of quality visitors received on the first day we have no hesitation in confirming our booking for Stoneleigh Live 2006,” Mr Rendle-Barnes added.

Gyrobin

Stoneleigh’s first day also saw the launch of the “Gyrobin”, a product that saves time and effort in cleaning wheeled bins. The Gyrobin allows operatives to turn Eurobin-style containers and its inventors say it will improve health and safety for council operatives, as well as guarding against bin wheels breaking off during maintenance.

Helen Lawton, who is marketing the new product for Gyrobin, said working in the waste management industry meant four times the likelihood of a worker sustaining injury. She said of the Gyrobin: “It’s been very popular – people are realising it’s a new idea and it provides an easy alternative for cleaning the inside and outside of bins. We’ve had about 18 good leads at Stoneleigh and are now beginning to run trials.”

Councils are now being offered the chance to run pilots of the Gyrobin, Ms Lawton added.