Food waste processor Vertel adds classification plant
14 Feb 2011
London, UK – Vertal has significantly reduced the volume of food waste being sent to landfill and is producing an improved agricultural fertiliser product, after installing a waste classification plant at its Mitcham plant.
The south London facility processes food waste from hotels and restaurants, catering companies and supermarkets and have pioneered the efficient treatment of this material to produce fertilisers that are ready to be introduced to land within 72 hours.
The new waste classification plant from CDEnviro is treating material from the Vertal ATAD process and in addition to providing an improved fertiliser product has resulted in operational efficiencies as a result of the elimination of blockages from the process, reduced operator intervention and reduced wear on downstream processes.
The G:Max waste classification plant from CDEnviro is introduced following the ATAD treatment phase to maximise recovery of organic material and effectively remove plastics and other inert materials.
Both of these combine to ensure a higher quality fertiliser product with increased application within the agricultural market, claims CD Enviro.
“The new plant has allowed to us efficiently separate the organics and inert material allowing for the production of an improved fertiliser product” explains Leon Mekitarian, director of Vertal.
“Our final fertiliser product is produced in accordance with standards for composting materials which is something that we were previously unable to consistently achieve. This greatly increases the potential for widespread application of our fertiliser product,” he added.
The classification plant has eliminated blockages from the process which has ensured that in addition to the improved quality of the final product Vertal has enjoyed significant efficiency improvements.
“The G:Max plant has replaced a spiral screen and this was continually blocking due to the presence of plastics in the feed material” explained Mekitarian.
“This provided significant interruptions to our production and also required considerable operator intervention to clear the blockages. All of this added to our costs of production and the G:Max system in eliminating these blockages has made the process much more efficient.”
