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MRF health check


Axion Consulting and 360 Environmental have joined forces to offer a 'health check' service for MRFs. Combining Axion's recycling, resource recovery and engineering expertise with 360 Environmental's operational, regulatory and legislative compliance skills, this unique service will enable Material Recovery Facility operators to optimise their processes and improve profitability.

The 'health check' includes a visit from senior waste management experts who will conduct a rapid overview of MRF operations. MRF managers will be provided with an independent performance assessment of the main business areas.

This service will allow you to discover potential improvements with a low investment of your time and money.

For further details please see the MRF health check brochure

MRF health check service brochure

To find out more or to arrange a site visit, please call +44 161 426 7731

 

MASS - Material Analysis and Sampling Service


Axion Consulting has significant expertise in the waste sector based upon hands-on testing and analysis of many varied types of waste material streams. We have applied our learning about sampling frequency, design of sampling methods and optimising sample size to everything from waste plastic pots and trays to mixed bread, cakes and doughnuts.

Our new MASS service identifies and applies the correct statistical sampling models to each particular waste stream to determine the composition of infeed materials and allow the effective optimisation of the sorting technologies used.

For further details please see the MASS brochure:

MASS brochure

Please call +44 161 426 7731 to discuss your sampling requirements.

 

CART - Compliance Assessment Review Tool


Axion Consulting and 360 Environmental are working in partnership to help MRF operators understand and comply with the latest waste legislation.  Drawing on its experience as an operator is the waste industry, Axion can asses the legal and functional aspects of compliance to provide a practical report. 360 Environmental can offer expertise in helping companies to understand and comply with waste permitting and waste planning issues, and WEEE batteries compliance.

As part of the CART, we will review documentation (including licences and permits) and procedures to validate a site's compliance performance. The service includes a full report detailing a list of critical enforcement issues and details of all non-conformities.

For further details please see the CART brochure:

CART brochure

Please call +44 161 426 7731 to discuss your compliance issues.

 

 

Carbon Footprint Expert


 

Axion Consulting has several consultants registered by the Carbon Trust as qualified operators of  its Footprint Expert calculation software. Axion has gained a Carbon Footprint label for its own Axpoly PS13 grade polymer and its Footprint Expert™ registered consultants have attended a Carbon Trust training course on how to model a product carbon footprint using Footprint Expert™.

Axion offers 3 levels of service:

  • Rapid 'Hotspot' analysis where a calculation of carbon emissions for a product or process is carried out for an organisation's internal purposes.
     
  • Calculation of the carbon emissions of a product or process in line with PAS2050 standards but without external auditing.
     
  • Achievement of an externally audited certified Carbon Footprint label for a product or process using Footprint Expert™ calculation software.

 For further details, please read the Carbon Footprinting Service brochure

Carbon Footprinting Service brochure 

or call Simon Wilkinson, Axion Senior Engineer,  on +44 161 426 7731.

 

 

Recofloor Vinyl Flooring Take-Back Scheme


Axion is agent for a new vinyl flooring take-back scheme called Recofloor. The scheme has been founded by two leading flooring manufacturers, Altro and Polyflor. Through the scheme, smooth and safety flooring offcuts from the installation process and smooth uplifted vinyl are collected and processed. Waste flooring is accepted from all types of sources, from individual contractors to large construction projects.

For further details please read the Recofloor brochure.

Recofloor brochure

 

 

Process Equipment Sales & Design


Axion has launched a new service offering plant and equipment for the primary processing of plastic waste materials.

Axion's Machinery Sales team can offer tailored designs of first-stage process plants to deal with a wide range of different types of plastic wastes.

Acting as sales agent for several leading equipment suppliers from across Europe, our engineers are able to combine individual items of machinery into simple process plants to satisfy a wide range of difficult waste challenges in the plastics sector.

For further details please read our Process Equipment Sales & Design brochure.

Process Equipment Sales & Design brochure

 

 

Laboratory Testing Services


Axion can pre-test potential new sources of polymer feedstocks before you invest time, effort and money in full scale production trials. Our pilot-scale facility can duplicate a full scale process from raw material separation right through to injection moulding of finished polymer resin.

Axion can offer a low cost, comprehensive service.

For further details, please read our Laboratory Testing Services brochure and example price list:

Laboratory Services brochure

Laboratory Services price list

 

 

Site Waste Management Plans


We can help you by providing a ‘no hassle’, low cost, comprehensive solution to your site plans ensuring full compliance with all waste regulations.

We will write your site waste management plan for you and complete the whole process from the initial draft plan through to implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

For further details, please read our Site Waste Management Plans brochure:

Site Waste Management Plans brochure

 

 

Process Development


Our process and product development team has the skills, connections and capacity to develop novel processes from concept to initial business case quickly and efficiently.

Our unique approach to process development uses third-party laboratories and pilot facilities to test the different steps of the process separately by moving samples between locations. This has proved to be much more flexible and cost-effective than the conventional approach of building a lab or pilot facility to test the whole process and enables our clients to move more quickly to commercial evaluation of a business opportunity.

For further details, please read our Process Development service brochure:

Process Development brochure