New Horizontal Baler Supports Expanding Waste Management Services

With six times the output of an existing machine, a new twin ram baler from Middleton Engineering is helping M J Church deliver on its goals to recycle 100% of waste materials from commercial and industrial customers. Waste streams include mixed construction plastics, rigid plastics and cardboard plus waste from the company’s skip hire and collection service.

One of the largest Civil Engineering, Earthworks and Waste Management Contractors in the South West of England, M J Church has developed its recycling and waste recovery business to divert waste from landfill and now operates five waste transfer stations near Bristol, Swindon and Malmesbury. These support its own earthwork and civil engineering services as well as a wide range of construction, commercial, domestic and industrial customers.

The new Middleton Engineering state-of-the-art twin ram machine adds to the company’s recycling capacity, producing bales of highly compacted waste materials for onward transportation to reprocessing facilities in the UK and mainland Europe. With increased throughput, the company can process materials faster and at the same time increase capacity. The flexibility to handle many different types of waste material with the one machine and to switch quickly from one material to another is especially important.

“Sustainability is as important to us as it is to our customers and we are committed to environmental standards with ISO certification for all aspects of our business,” explains Ben Staff, Operations Director for M J Church. “The new Middleton baler adds additional capabilities to recycle difficult to handle waste streams such as rigid plastics and significantly increases production. Producing uniform and highly compact bales also helps to optimise our transportation and storage costs.”

“Like us Middleton Engineering is a family owned business with a shared focus on quality and customer service. The team was quick to respond to our needs carrying out modifications to the discharge ram, the loading conveyor and operating systems to meet our specific production requirements,” Ben Staff concluded.