Get your teeth into waste

Digbits has just launched a new mini crusher aimed at helping firms meet segregation rules, which came into force on 1 October, and the new site waste management plan legislation, which will kick in next April.

‘There is a huge degree of ignorance within the construction industry about the regulations,’ says Clay, who runs Digbits with his father, who started manufacturing and supplying mini-digger attachments in 1990. Clay is banking on the fact that managing waste as close as possible to where it is generated is the cornerstone of all the European waste legislation.

‘Certain planning authorities are telling people they have to deal with the rubble on site because they don’t want it in their system,’ says Clay. ‘EU laws tell them they have to recycle a certain proportion of rubble and if they don’t achieve that they are fined.’

The Bavtrak 250, designed and made in-house in Rugeley, Staffordshire, can eat through 7-15 tonnes of concrete a day, depending on the strength of the concrete and the conditions (wet stuff tends to clog crushers).

Digbits developed special crusher teeth, which can be easily replaced on site, when it first got into crusher attachments for mini-diggers. It has taken this technology further through the Bavtrak 250, which has twin jaws.

One of the crusher’s selling points according to Clay is that its 630mm by 330mm mouth is more than 100% bigger than many competitors’. This means it can swallow bigger chunks so doesn’t get jammed up as often.

And how much will this little beauty set you back? A mere £36,000.