Recycling plant takes on five electric forklifts

Climate change is talk of the world – but we need action, not talking. COP26 has driven sustainability high on the agenda for businesses and one business in particular, Sherbourne Recycling, have embraced the need for a sustainable future.

Established in 2021, Sherbourne Recycling has been tasked with developing and operating a new state of the art materials recycling facility in Coventry on behalf of eight local authorities. The facility will be a first of its kind to use Artificial Intelligence that will allow the robots to learn as they go and source power for the site from a combination of photovoltaic panels installed across the full span of the facility roof to maximise output and a private wire connection to the adjacent Energy from Waste Facility operated by CSWDC. The site will be unique and will secure a sustainable solution for recycling household waste now and into the future.

This ethos extends to material handling. Linde Material Handling has just launched the new X20-X35 electric forklift range in the load capacity range from 2.0 to 3.5 tonne.

Greg Paradowski, technical operations manager, speaking on behalf of Sherbourne Recycling says: “This project is all about creating a world leading materials recycling facility that will be sustainable for the future, so it’s important to us that we have a fully electric fleet of forklift trucks from day one. We thought this would be a challenge, as typically you would see engine trucks operating in such applications, but Linde had the perfect solution.”

The Linde X20-X35 is capable of meeting performance standards in demanding areas such as mastering large gradients, achieving long-term high handling rates, and operating in the presence of large amounts of dust and dirt.

For more information, visit www.linde-mh.co.uk