The distributor of a material shredding system is looking to launch the machine in the Middle East.
Plant Supply took to the recent Big 5 exhibition in Dubai to showcase the Badger Shredding System, with managing director, Sean Reilly keen to highlight its capabilities.
“The machine is able to recycle all concrete and stone based materials on a development site, so in a situation where a building is being demolished and rebuilt, it can have all the material fed through the shredder and turned into reusable aggregate,” he said.
There are potentially significant savings for companies to make, both financially and in terms of carbon footprint.
“Typically, if a building is demolished and material is going to be reused, you’d have to use four or five excavators on site; with the Badger, you just need one excavator to fill the shredder up – you need fewer operators and fewer machines.
“The smallest version of the machine can work through 50 tonnes of material an hour, with the biggest able to recycle 200 tonnes, so a lot of work can be carried out in a short time.
“It has green credentials as well, which is going to be a big advantage with the new targets in the Gulf. It can really reduce carbon footprint as there is no need to bring in trucks to transport aggregates off site.
“One client who purchased one of the machines has cut off-site truck use by 80%.”
The machine is already used by construction and plant hire companies in the UK, the United States, Germany and France, and a base in the Middle East will be established in the next two years, said Reilly.
“We see a lot of potential in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, as they are all markets with a lot of activity, and we are optimistic that companies in the GCC will be keen to adopt the concept.
“We have a plan to open an office in the Middle East at some point in the next two years, probably in the UAE or Qatar, depending on where the most significant volume of work is coming from.”