THE WESTBURY MECHANICAL BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PLANT (MBT) IS THE KEYSTONE OF THE WILTSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY.
THANKS TO THIS SOLUTION, THE COUNTRY CAN FULFILL THE NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN OBJECTIVES OF LANDFILLING REDUCTION, ENSURING IN THIS WAY YEARLY 3 MILION POUNDS SAVING.
IN ADDITION, THE PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM THE TREATMENT, A HIGH QUALITY SOLID RECOVERY FUEL, IS USED TO PRODUCE ENERGY AND HEAT, ENSURING THE ENVIRONMENT AN ADDITIONAL SAVING IN TERMS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.
THE PLAYER
Hills Waste Solutions is one of the largest family-owned waste management companies in the UK and a subsidiary of The Hills Group Limited – a privately owned company established in 1900.
For over 50 years Hills Waste Solutions has been providing quality waste management and recycling services to private and public sector customers. The company continues to innovate as a pioneer of the circular economy, utilising waste as a resource and helping customers to achieve zero waste to landfill.
THE PROJECT
Hills has commissioned to Entsorga the supply of EPC (Engineering Procurement Construcion) services aimed to the realization of a mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plant in Wiltshire, UK.
THE ENTSORGA’S SOLUTION
This is all managed completely automatically by the control system hence avoiding any intervention by personnel and exposure to waste.
Besides the hopper is a shredder that receives the overscreen fraction both these streams are fed to a conveyor belt that conveys this material to the main SRF refining line.
