FEL Bins: The Complete Set
PLAST-AX has the full range of FEL bins – 660L, 1100L, 1.5m³, 2m³, 3m³, 4.5m³.
Your bins, your brand.
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Aesthetics are as important as function.
Product Stewardship
Find out more about the entire journey of our products through the video series below.
2. Chip, Extrude & Granulate
Prior to processing, our material is isolated, clearly marked, and the plant is cleaned down with a purge.
The product is then chipped, melted, dyed, and filtered through a screen mesh to remove any contamination.
At this phase we currently dye the plastic black (3% master batch) because the source material is a mixture of colours. In future when there is sufficient signal colour input volume, we will be able to add masterbatch colour and run full batches of other colours.
The extruded material is then cut into granules and cooled to harden for storage.
3. Grinding
The black granules are then ready for their next phase in being ground evenly to a finished mouldable powder.Consistent product size is crucial for our final rotational moulding phase to come, and we partner with experienced providers to utilise their expertise in this area.
The granules are sucked up and feed through grinding discs; the resultant powder is sifted through a shaking hopper, removing any inconsistency in size, before being bagged and clearly labelled.
So much of the success of any recycling program is in the ability to keep source material clean and separate, but then also to be able to batch isolate throughout the process, especially where a number of parties are working together. You need companies and people that really care.
4. Remoulding FEL Bins
The ground powder is weighed out into its respective shot weights for rotational moulding in the PLAST-AX tooling.
We cost in an additional 15% of material to the shot weight (as compared to virgin material) – this is probably once again an overkill, but we always prefer to over engineer when we are pushing the boundaries with new innovations – it’s just the PLAST-AX way.
At this phase there is really no difference to how we would operate with virgin material.
The tooling cradle rotates through the X axis and the Oven rocks through the Y axis for the 40 minute cook cycle and on to the 30 minute cool before demoulding and jigging the finished bins.
Finished bins imaged to the left! Awesome result.
5. A New Life
These bins are made from 100% NZ recycled plastic, we put these bins through the full range of tests for FEL bins. This includes the 1200kg load in the 3m3 strapped in for 100x consecutive lifts.
It was seriously impressive to watch them handle the whole test with absolute ease, showing no signs at all of stress or reduction in performance as a result of using recycled plastic virgin material. This is a real tribute to the achievability of a circular economy (and our ability to deliver on it).
Having your PLAST-AX FEL bins collected at end of life and have them remoulded back into new FEL bins for another iteration of waste collection is not a story, it is not a dream – it is an absolute reality that PLAST-AX is here to deliver on.
Designed to Last
All PLAST-AX FEL bins are designed and tested to meet ‘heavy-waste’ lift ratio (400kg/m³), in accord with British Standard BS EN 12574-2:2017.
Our customers prove full value in moving entirely to the PLAST-AX range for their FEL bins, knowing they can rely on the strength and longevity of these world leading products, streamlining to a single trusted vendor. This has always been our intention: providing an end-to-end solution for customers with their FEL bin range.
Bins and lids are manufactured in any colours to suit customer requirements. We are mostly supplying direct from stock and strive to provide industry best lead times with ongoing support.
If you are currently using steel bins and our interested in moving to a more sustainable alternative, reach out to our team (or your current waste collection service provider).
Industry-best
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Delivery, lead times, communication and care.
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