NEW PARTNERSHIP BOOSTS LONDON’S WASTE HANDLING OPERATIONS

Warwickshire-based Cooper Specialised Handling (Cooper SH) has supplied four new Konecranes container handlers to two of London’s most important waste disposal sites. The West London Waste Authority (WLWA), operating out of Brentford and Ruislip, handles the waste of six London Boroughs. In a time-critical, intermodal operation, the team has as little as four hours to unload 66 empty containers off the trains that service the sites and replace with 66 full containers. With the composition of residual waste changing, the 20-foot waste containers are having to accommodate an increased gross