In this issue of Sustainability Today, we are delighted to welcome CRJ Services Ltd as our Celebrated Waste Management Company of the Month.
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has introduced a new UK waste reduction policy, purposefully designed to reduce waste by 2030. European countries like Germany and Switzerland currently outperform the UK with streamlined waste management practices and this policy will allow the UK to play catch-up. In the race towards the UK Government’s 2050 net zero targets, this new policy will shift focus towards phasing out landfill usage and incinerators for all recyclable waste and place more onus on manufacturers, importers and retailers to cover the costs of recycling. This further incentivises companies to reduce waste much earlier in the design stage, through compostable packaging for example, and fully brings the UK into the green economy.
CRJ Services is a comprehensive waste, recycling and forestry equipment provider and is one of the largest operating throughout the UK and Ireland, delivering quality machinery and reliable service to more than 300 customers. Established in 1999, the company is looking forward to spending 2024 celebrating its 25th anniversary, with the opening of a new engineering workshop Facility.
The machinery solutions provider has seen rapid growth over the last three years as waste and recycling management becomes a key priority for many industries. The Knutsford site in Cheshire is set to expand with a new, second engineering workshop facility nearby to manage the growing demand for the hire and sale of mobile and static processing machines.
Working across the waste management, forestry and quarrying sectors, CRJ operates a hire fleet of over 130 mobile processing machines, designed for shredding, screening, washing and sorting a wide range of waste streams. These include: shredders, trommels, flat deck screeners, density separators, eddy current separators, water baths, and picking stations. The Cheshire site holds an expansive stock of spare parts, in excess of £2.0M for all hire and purchased equipment. The company places great emphasis on customer service and has field engineers on standby for a rapid-tiered response to machinery malfunction, with on-site visits planned within same day or maximum within 24 hours.
“Many of our competitors are also yellow plant machinery suppliers but the difference is that we specialise in our waste management machinery and as an added bonus, we have an expansive hire fleet capacity. We are proud of our heritage in the waste and recycling industry and intend to remain specialists in the sector. We will never just hire or sell a piece of yellow plant or an attachment, that’s not what we are do, we are specialists.”
“We have seen a shift towards hire preferences in the industry with waste companies working on short to long–term contracts and needing flexible hire options to suit. We are happy to cater for hire options or for companies with machine purchasing budgets.”
“The other trend we have observed is companies moving towards static machinery, which is powered by electricity, compared to diesel mobile machinery. Ever mindful of reducing carbon emissions, we can also provide a hybrid shredder powered by electric motors, rather than a diesel engine.”
“Unlike other companies, we don’t just supply machinery and walk away. We are invested in moving the industry towards more sustainable best practice. We have analysed seven years of waste collection data across organic, food and residual waste and dry recycling. Shockingly, we found that from across 10 of the biggest local councils (by population), six had worryingly recorded a reduction in dry recycling since 2020 and more disturbingly, seven had seen an increase in waste to landfill/incineration.”
“Along with the new targeted Defra waste reduction policy, there still needs to be a more cohesive, standardised push towards recycling from central government.”
“One of the innovative methods we have looked at is a dust suppression method when shredding household furniture like sofas. Many sofas contain toxic, carcinogenic Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) which are invisible and harm human health and the wider environment. The Environment Agency has brought in legislation around the storage and disposal of such furniture for this reason and our lab-tested dust suppression meets the latest compliance,” explained Andrew Clarkson, CRJ Finance Director.
CRJ has a dedicated customer-centric approach, with all of its customers from Cornwall to the Highlands, with expert, knowledgeable sales staff and directors. Coined as ‘added value,’ customers are secure in the knowledge that experienced field engineers can deal with repairs and maintenance.
“We have a four-tiered, fool proof approach to any engineering call-outs. Our engineers will firstly see if they can ascertain the problem over the phone, and by using the telematics diagnostic software installed on every machine that we hire and sell. this can be elevated to a physical on-site visit if needed same day or within 24 hours maximum. The telematics software on our machines keeps unnecessary vehicle movements, as well as customer downtime, to a minimum and this is managed stringently. Beyond this, our product specialists can support and as a last resort, we will even go back to the manufacturers if all else fails, but this is rare. We don’t want customers experiencing downtime so will endeavour to help them as quickly as possible.”
“We are confident in the quality of our machinery but are always on standby for our customers in the harsh environments in which they operate,” added Andrew.
CRJ has every reason to be confident with stalwart machinery like the slow-speed Haas Tyron shredder. The HAAS Tyron is used across a wide range of applications from biomass, commercial and industrial waste, mattresses, metals, plastics, tree roots, wood and many more. It is easy to see why it is such a popular shredder. The HAAS Tyron is a powerful, twin-shaft, slow speed shredder, with a robust and renowned strength. CRJ has 32 of the Tyron 2000XL 2.0 models in their comprehensive hire fleet. This is Haas’ signature mobile shredder and is popular for a variety of reasons, including its versatility in various applications, its ease of change of settings depending on application, and the unique independent twin-shaft reverse mechanism, which protects against fibrous materials causing blockages. This powerhouse machine has a wide 1,400mm outfeed belt with discharge height up to 4,800mm, easy on-site manoeuvrability, low fuel consumption, enhanced safety features such as the traffic light system, remote-control adjustments, and the ground level maintenance chamber access doors.
“Our HAAS shredder continues to be popular across the industry and has remained our bread-and-butter product but we are now spreading the word about our Pronar machinery, as we are now proud dealers for their trommel range. The Pronar MPB 20.55 is a mobile trommel screen, available for hire or purchase. It can be used across a wide range of applications, such as: metals, skip waste, tree roots, wood, biomass, commercial and industrial waste, construction and demolition waste, organic waste, through to paper and cardboard and Japanese Knotweed.
It is a robust, easily to maintain and operate machine that can compete on price and performance with the industry leaders and compliments CRJ’s existing portfolio perfectly.”
“Looking ahead to the future, our new, second workshop facility will allow us to meet growing demand across the waste management and forestry sectors as the UK heads towards greater sustainability best practice.”
CRJ Services will be at the following 2024 trade shows with waste management machinery on hand for demonstrations:
Scot Plant: 26th-27th April 2024, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
RWM: 11th-12th September 2024, NEC, Birmingham
APF: 19th–21st September, Ragley Estate, Warwickshire.
Hillhead: 25th–27th June – Derbyshire
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