Envirowales: Ebbw Vale, UK
Quality equipment and engineering support boost recycling plant’s productivity
Based in Ebbw Vale, Envirowales has invested £58 million to create one of the most modern facilities in Europe, where it employs more than 150 people.
Utilising the best available techniques and operating to high environmental standards, the plant handles in excess of 300 tonnes of batteries daily. With over 900 tonnes of recycled lead leaving the facility each week, Envirowales is setting the pace with an impressive recycling efficiency rate of more than 95%.
The company recycles as many of the constituent parts of a battery as possible to produce lead alloys, used predominantly in the manufacture of building products, which it sells throughout Europe. Other products include sodium sulphate, one of the main ingredients in animal feeds and washing power, and polypropylene, which undergoes further processing before being incorporated into a variety of goods.
What Our Customers Are Saying
“We need quality equipment we can depend on, day in day out, and the Yale machines have certainly proved their worth in what must be one of the toughest applications around. When the contract came up for renewal, we had no hesitation in opting for more of the same.”
Craig Williams - Logistics Manager, Envirowales Downloads