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[Latest] Waste reduction in Adelaide – Ripper VSC 2140 TD working in Adelaide, Australia

Valid: 21/01/2005

[Latest] Recycling in Latrobe Valley – Ripper VSC 2135WD working in Latrobe Valley, Australia

Valid: 21/01/2005

[Latest] A renewable energy source for Brandown Pty – Brandown Pty Ltd, operate their 350hp track Ripper VSC™ on the outskirts of Sydney.

Valid: 20/01/2005

[Expired] Finalist at the Champion Canterbury Awards

Valid: 10/09/2004, Expires: 31/12/2004, Demotes: 01/12/2004

[Expired] Turning waste wood into profit – Case study: Central Wood Recyclers, Tokoroa, NZ

Valid: 02/09/2004, Expires: 31/12/2004, Demotes: 01/10/2004

[Expired] Growth leads to innovative new thinking – New General Manager Peter Suckling

Valid: 01/09/2004, Expires: 31/12/2004, Demotes: 13/09/2004

Waste reduction in Adelaide

Ripper VSC 2140 TD working in Adelaide, Australia

South Australian companies, Resourceco and Adelaide Brighton Cement operate a joint venture with the aim to reduce waste in the Adelaide area. These two companies particularly concentrate on reducing Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste.

They are both leaders in the recycling and renewable energy fields, and process a huge variety of different materials that normally would go straight into a landfill

The Ripper 2140 plant is primarily grinding and shredding material to 90mm, were it is then processed further utilizing a “Star” screen. This screens the 20mm minus product out that is then trucked to the Adelaide Brighton Cement Works. Any oversized material is reprocessed through the grinding circuit.

Consumption of power at the cement kiln, which is powered by gas, is in excess of $20 million dollars per year.

By burning the C&D waste (which includes plastics, rubber, building materials as well as wood), at very high temperatures is able to reduce the amount of gas required to run the plant, and meet EPA emissions standards.

Over a seven hour working period 2.5 tonnes of tramp metal was removed from the magnet on the Ripper.

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