Baia degli Aranci, a tourist resort in Italy’s Puglia region which includes a large beach spanning over one hectare of fine sand, has purchased a Bobcat SC200 sand cleaner attachment Bobcat T650 Compact Track Loader to remove waste on the beach.
Able to cover up to 15,000 sqm per hour, the Bobcat Sand Cleaner sieves sand and collects even the smallest waste, such as cigarette butts, bottle caps, pieces of glass, splinters of wood, tins, stones, plastic bags, syringes and algae, the most common type of waste on European beaches.
The collected waste is then stored in its 350-l integrated collecting bucket and can be directly unloaded onto a truck or into a container with the hydraulic opening system of the bucket and the lift arms of the compact loader on which the attachment is mounted. The sand cleaning tool has a cleaning depth adjustable down to 20 cm, interchangeable sieves with four mesh sizes and a rear blade for optimum finishing.
The resort has added other attachments such as a root grapple for picking up bulkier items, a fork for preparing and clearing the site, a bucket for sand handling and a mixer bucket for maintenance and building works at the resort.