WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING
THE GENERAL PREMISE OF PRE-TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES IS THE TREATMENT OF WASTE BEFORE FINAL DISPOSAL TO REDUCE THE VOLUME THAT IS LANDFILLED AND ENHANCE OR ACCELERATE THE STABILISATION OF THE WASTE, THUS MINIMISING THE LONG-TERM, DISADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
MECHANISATION AND WASTE OPTIMISATION While the global quest is to promote a circular economy that emphasises recycling, the reality is that a percentage of the waste stream will always have to be disposed of in sanitary landfills. Ziyanda Majodina speaks to Thibault Dechamps – specialist: Waste & Recycling Segment for Caterpillar’s Europe, Africa, Middle East & Eurasia region – about Cat mechanised solutions. What solutions does Caterpillar field for the landfill and waste management industry? TD Looking at the composition of the waste stream, the average household income, and particularly taking into consideration South Africa’s growing economy, exploring recycling opportunities will be of great assistance in lessening the volume of waste disposed of in sanitar y landfills. Key machiner y to manage sanitar y landfills includes track-type tractors with waste handling arrangement (TTT WHA), track-type loaders with waste handling arrangement (TTL WHA), and landfill compactors (LFCs). The LFC is purposebuilt for landfill operation. It delivers features, per formance and efficiency that draw on Caterpillar’s 50-plus years of industr y experience. Field-proven protection and integrated technologies provide peak availability and optimised landfill per formance. The first Cat 816 model was launched approximately 50 years ago, in 1972,
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making it the first ever LFC created by Caterpillar. The current version of the 816 weighs 25 t and delivers 284 hp of gross power, which insures efficient waste compaction through its maximum compaction rate. Other Caterpillar compactor models are the approximately 40 t Cat 826K, and the 55 t Cat 836K. These machines
are designed for the harsh operating environments typically experienced on landfills. The wheels of the compactor are the machines' true work tools. There are five types of wheels to choose from: ‘Plus’ tips, ‘Paddle’ tips, ‘Diamond’ tips, ‘Chopper’, and ‘Combo’, which combines ‘Plus’ and ‘Paddle’. There are five types of wheels to choose from: ‘Plus’ tips, ‘Paddle’ tips, ‘Diamond’ tips, ‘Chopper’, and ‘Combo’, which combines ‘Plus’ and ‘Paddle’
