Waste Not

Waste management specialists Powerday operates from a 7.0 hectare recycling facility just north of the notorious Wormwood Scrubs prison at Willesden Green in London.

Deceptive Looks
At first glance the site looks like a series of large four-storey buildings gathered around the Grand Union canal, a railway siding and various stockpiles of construction and demolition waste. But looks can be deceptive. Behind this neat facade lies one of the most efficient recycling and waste processing plants in the world.

100% Recycling
Handling 1.6 million tonnes of mixed domestic, industrial, construction and demolition waste a year, from London households and businesses, Powerday is responsible for processing around eight percent of all London’s waste output. But what is truly remarkable is that everything that comes into the facility gets recycled; nothing goes to landfill.

Awkward Products
To maintain such high levels of throughput, the company operates 24 hours per day, utilising some of the industry’s most advanced crushing, recycling and screening equipment to process even awkward products such as chemicals, tyres, plasterboard, food, clinical waste and even contaminated soils.

Wanted Now!
“We can’t afford for the system to break down. We run on a two-shift system, processing different materials on different shifts. Disrupt that and there would chaos. So everything has to be well maintained. And that’s where Pirtek Park Royal comes in,” concludes site manager John Davitt. “Their engineers are first class, especially Coryn Brown our regular MSST. Whether we need a fitting, hydraulic hose, airline, or washing hose, Pirtek Park Royal will supply it. And if I say I want it now, I'll guarantee they are here inside the hour.”