Plastic Omnium Environment launches new underground waste containerisation systems
Plastic Omnium Environment launches new underground waste containerisation systems
Plastic Omnium Environment has introduced a range of innovative products aimed at supporting property developers and local authorities in improving their recycling performance.
• The world leader in manufacturing and supplying high quality waste containerisation products has introduced M4, the latest addition to its range of underground waste disposal systems.
• It has also launched the new Plastic Omnium Bin-Shelter, with ‘night safe’ opening system and access control options.
M4 is the latest generation underground container developed to further assist communities in achieving their recycling targets. It has been designed to improve the collection of different flows of paper and packaging, glass and also residual waste. The M4 container is available with optional access control technology systems.
The dimensions of the drum doors allow for easy depositing of bags. To improve hygiene, an optional foot pedal opening system is offered, that avoids the need to touch the container with the user’s hands. Accessibility has also been optimised for children and people with reduced mobility.
The M4 pillars are fully interchangeable which allows added flexibility to adjust to the changing needs of community recycling. Placed on a common structure below the ground all the variants can easily be replaced by other pillars: for example a pillar for the collection of residual waste could be replaced with a pillar for dry recyclates.
Collectors will benefit from it being one of the fastest products to empty on the market, whilst offering increased safety, and reducing the disturbance to local residents.
For maintenance personnel, the terminal’s shape has been designed for quicker and easier access to the various components of the container’s structure, allowing faster servicing and maintenance times.
The M4 terminal is fully compliant with the requirements of European Standard EN 13071 (validated on March 23, 2016 by LNE - National Testing Laboratory, an independent body).
Richard Gregg, Managing Director of Plastic Omnium Urban Systems Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Plastic Omnium Environment, says:
“We are delighted to introduce M4, our latest underground waste management product, which will offer many additional benefits to local communities, collectors and maintenance staff, and will be a key factor in helping local authority’s reach and exceed their recycling targets”.
The company is also pleased to introduce the new Plastic Omnium Bin-Shelter with ‘night safe’ opening system and access control options. This shelter allows controlled access by limiting the size of the opening hatch or by access control which can limit users to authorised-users only, helping to reduce contamination or use by non-residents. It also stops the bins being moved around to the wrong locations.
The Plastic Omnium Bin-Shelter is robustly made with galvanised metal sheets and is suitable for use with 660L bins. It is not only safe and ergonomic, but also easy to assemble thanks to its interchangeable riveted panels.
The ‘night safe’ opening system is made from aluminium alloy and is chosen for its light weight, making handling easier and improving resistance to rusting. The opening systems are available with optional access controls, including electronic bolt, lock and battery.
Furthermore, Plastic Omnium Environment offers a number of IT technology-based optional features with this product, including access control – enabling residents to use a key fob to open the Bin-Shelter, thereby reducing the possibility of unauthorized use and fly-tipping – and a fill-level indicator, which alerts waste removal teams when the Bin-Shelter is full.
Installation is straightforward and the bin-shelters are fixed to the ground to meet with the EN 15132 Standards requirements.
About Plastic Omnium Environment
With 2,000 employees and seven manufacturing plants around the world, Plastic Omnium Environment has equipped 8,000 local communities with waste management products and services. To date, the company has also delivered over 100 million bins, containers and underground and semi-underground systems, alongside associated maintenance, cleaning and technology services, to local communities, developers and businesses.
Plastic Omnium Urban Systems Ltd is the UK subsidiary of Plastic Omnium Environment and was incorporated in 1997 in the UK. Initially operating from Halesfield, Telford, and relocating to Oldbury, West Midlands, in 2007.
Plastic Omnium Environment is, in turn, a subsidiary of French business Compagnie Plastic Omnium, which was founded in 1946 and is now celebrating 70 years of operations.