AIMS Group (Ajman Investment and Marketing Services) has appointed UK based waste management machinery designer and manufacturer Whitham Mills to export and install their machinery at Ajman’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF), to help the emirate meet its recycling targets. The company has won the contract to provide a GB-1111FS baler and accompanying feed conveyor equipment to AIMS. The system is capable of processing up to 800 tonnes of MSW per day, says the company. The contract win is Whitham Mills’ second in the Gulf, having previously been appointed to deliver its recycling machinery to neighbouring Ras al-Khaimah. Supplied by a 12,000lb feed conveyor, the GB-1111FS is fully automatic and able to process up to 50 tonnes per hour of municipal solid waste. It can compress and wrap bales of up 1500kg, with dimensions of 1100mm x 1100mm x 1500mm, says Whitham Mills which has successfully completed the install on schedule. “Ajman is one of the fastest growing emirates in the UAE and is focusing to be the cleanest emirate as per vision of His Highness The Ruler of Ajman, said Dr Shaheed Khader, General Manager of AIMS Group. “With the addition of new recycling initiatives and policies, the emirate is targeting between a 75- 85 per cent recovery, and therefore reduction, of the waste going to landfill… In lieu of this, and to increase the life of existing landfill space, AIMS Group has procured the baling machinery to process the residual waste which remains following recovery of recyclables,” he said. “AIMS Group has identified the fully automatic baler GB-1111FS from Whitham Mills to be the most suitable baler to meet the requirements. The baler is performing as per specifications and AIMS group is looking to procure a recyclable baler from Whitham Mills in the future,” he added. “Demand for well-designed and manufactured recycling machinery in the UAE is increasing in line with the country’s focus on meeting sustainability targets,” said Whitham Mills’ managing director, Ben Smart.