Maxin India Bike Shredder to tackle bike waste management

Problem of Bike Waste ManagementHaving a bike is more of a lifestyle, rather than luxury or choice nowadays. It is also a key driver of the growth of automobile market in India and globally. It is to be noted that automobiles are the biggest generators of metal scrap wastes. Automotive wastes can be divided into metal, batteries, solvents, glass and plastics. Recycling of these materials helps tackle environmental issues, thereby addressing the key concern of resource depletion.

Currently, nearly 75 percent of the total vehicle weight is subject to recycling, and the remaining 25 percent enters into landfill sites, which generally comprises plastics, foams and fluff, metals and rubbers. However, there isn’t any cost-effective technology for plastics and foam. There are a number of innovative methods that help achieve a better performance in the recycling of end-of-life vehicles and recover valuable materials and resources out of them.Shredding processThe problem of waste generation by bikes isn’t still fully addressed, and that is primarily due to the enormous increase in the number of vehicles in the last two decades alone. Another reason is the lack of formal regulation regarding recycling and disposal of end-of-life-vehicles. Besides, there is no organized system for collection, shredding, dismantling and auto scrap processing, or infrastructure for managing bike scrap materials.Bike ShredderShredding is the most popular and effective methods employed in the management and recycling of bike wastes. In this process, the whole vehicle is fully crushed and shredded into fragments which are sorted into product streams. For instance, glass residue left in the bike is routed into a mixed aggregate stream. The objective of shredding is the reduction of the volume of the remaining waste and separation of materials into ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals and shredder residues including plastic and minerals in more homogenous portions based on their properties and types in order to make their recycling easier.Maxin India’s Bike Shredder increases the possibility of higher recovery rates of precious metals, in addition to the core objective of reducing waste size before disposal and recycling.