As clients face rising waste management costs, coupled with environmental sustainability concerns. We work with our partners to address the challenge of rising waste management costs by innovatively enhancing environmental performance.
Our Mini-Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) offers cost reductions, heightened sustainability, and legal compliance, underpinned by robust safety measures, tailored to diverse sectors.
Our commitment to environmental sustainability is reflected in our adaptable and scalable MRF design.
Key Client Benefits
- Cost Savings: Drastically reduce waste management costs.
- Rethink Recycling: Achieve significant increases in recycling rates.
- Eco-Friendly Operations: Significantly reduce carbon footprint.
- Operational Streamlining: Minimise vehicle movements, enhancing on-site efficiency and safety.
- Waste Hierarchy: Addressing all stages of the waste lifecycle to move clients up the scale.
Paul Cooke, Operations Director explains:
“Axil is committed to advancing environmental sustainability through collaborative efforts with clients, optimising assembly line-side processes. Guided by considerations such as culture and space limitations, we prioritise excellence. Proactively addressing waste management challenges, we showcase flexibility and responsiveness, predicting and understanding waste variables for the success of our proposals. Our adaptability extends beyond ensuring smooth operations, underscoring our commitment to employee well-being, safety, and the overall success of waste management initiatives.”
Axil’s Mini-MRF ensures customers take control of their waste, ensuring ownership and control rather than relying on a service provider. This shift allows clients and Axil to dictate the direction of commodities, resulting in substantial long-term cost savings and supporting data-driven streamlining of manufacturing operations upstream.
Key Focus Areas
- Ownership: Control over waste, creating ownership and dictating the direction of commodities for long-term cost savings and streamlined manufacturing operations.
- Long-Term Cost Out and Rebates: Shifting to a long-term sustainable model ensures continuous financial benefits.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Informed decisions optimise procurement and waste management for operational efficiency.
- Waste as a Resource and Commodity: Repositioning waste as a valuable resource aligns with sustainability and financial goals.
Implementation and Operational Efficiency: Axil’s Mini-MRF is designed for safety, efficiency, and adaptability, providing immediate benefits to clients, from streamlined waste processes to a reduced carbon footprint.
Metrics and Success Measurement: Comprehensive waste processing metrics, including daily weighing and container checks, provide real-time data. Measured through increased recycling, reduced general waste, improved compliance, and cost reductions.
Sustainability Targets Achieved
- CO2 Reduction: Mini-MRF significantly reduces carbon emissions throughout the value chain.
- Energy from Waste: Moving away from incineration reduces environmental impact and prioritises recycling, reducing the need for mining and refining finite raw materials.
Results and Client Benefits
- Significant Savings: Drastic reduction in general waste spend and disposal tonnages.
- Recycling Potential: Substantial increase in recycling rates.
- Reduced Carbon Emissions: Significant overall carbon emission savings in the value chain.
- Operational Efficiency: Fewer vehicle movements enhance safety and overall operational efficiency.
Life Cycle Thinking
Embracing the Life Cycle Thinking approach allows us to minimise environmental impact throughout the entire lifespan of a product.
- Expands upon conventional waste management impact assessment.
- MRF actively lowers the demand for virgin resources, creating a sustainable loop.
Conclusion The success of the Mini-Materials Recycling Facility trial demonstrates substantial cost and carbon reduction potential, coupled with increased recycling rates. Tailored for specific locations, our scalable MRF offers a foundation for managing higher outputs and allows for adjustments in shifts and personnel based on production changes.
Our goal is to minimise costs, decrease carbon emissions, boost recycling rates, and enhance the value of sorted materials.
Forward-thinking waste management strategies can reshape our approach to waste for a more efficient and environmentally friendly future.
How Axil’s mini – MRF can reshape your approach to waste
Aims
We set jointly agreed targets for waste segregation to enhance sustainability and make a positive impact.
Thorough risk assessments address manual handling challenges, ensuring a secure working environment.
Success is measured by increased recycling, reduced general waste, improved compliance, and lower costs.
The Process
Compositional analysis (bin dive) reveals inefficiencies, sparking the on-site MRF idea.
Analysis evaluates waste bins by area, providing insights for targeted optimisation.
Sustainability and commercial goals align with clients for cost and carbon savings.
A safety-first approach includes rigorous risk assessments and hygiene programmes.
Cost
Construction expenses, sorting mechanics, and operational costs are significantly lower due to the mini-MRF model.
Equipment
Safety and efficiency are prioritised through a flared hopper, two-part conveyor system, container specification based on waste stream output, and precision metal separation using magnetic wands.
H&S (Health and Safety)
Proactive risk mitigation includes comprehensive risk assessments and a robust safe work system.
A daily hygiene programme maintains cleanliness, reducing the risk of vermin, odours, and disease.
Measures are implemented to prevent strains or injuries during the waste handling process.
Methodology
Data-driven decision-making includes daily weighing and checking of containers.
Proactive waste stream management involves investigating new recycling or reuse routes and segregating treated components, focusing on identifying and recycling non-compliant waste.
Data Capture
Strategic compliance is maintained through targeted technologies, user education on waste bin colour schemes, and identification of contamination/non-compliant mixed waste.
Data Findings
Outcomes include a dramatic increase in recycling potential, substantial reduction in general waste, and discovery of hazardous wastes, emphasising compliant segregation and downstream disposal.
Sustainability Targets
The MRF showcases potential for significant carbon emission reductions, moving waste away from incineration, returning secondary materials into manufacturing and avoiding mining and refining finite raw materials.
Reduced Vehicle Movements
On-site MRF reduces vehicle movements overall, improving safety and efficiency. Balers vs. compactors achieve higher compaction ratios, leading to holistic benefits.
Metrics
Comprehensive waste processing metrics are applied with a life cycle thinking approach, considering the entire life cycle of products and waste to drive improvements in environmental impact.