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NEWSLETTER EDITION FOUR

TOTAL
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
SOLUTIONS

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LKM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

“YOUR PROBLEM IS OUR CHALLENGE”
At LKM, we are extremely good at solving industrial challenges, which is why
we are growing a part of the business known as LKM Industrial Services.
LKM Industrial Services provides:
• 40 years experience in on site plant and machinery removal
• Efficient debris removal, bulk handling and transport of materials from jobsite
• Containers and bins sized for each job
• A wide coverage across the South East of England
• A wide range of varied logistical vehicles for collection and movement of all
materials and plant
• Support for one-time projects with account managers
• Material removal and relocation
Materials Accepted:
• Production equipment
• Conveyor systems
• Plumbing and heating components
• Commercial refrigeration
• Air conditioning units
• Metal buildings structures
• Mobile plant / obsolete vehicles / containers
We Provide:
• All relevant Risk Assessments and Method Statements
• All necessary labour and equipment
• Removal of obsolete plant and machinery
• On-site materials preparation
• Lifting and processing equipment

To discuss your industrial challenge, call our team today: 01795 439393

One of our recent LKM Industrial Services jobs was for The O2 Arena, London.
“LKM Recycling carried out an amazing job dismantling and taking away our old seating
units, steel frames and seats from the O2 Arena.
The team had attended the site a couple of times to work out the logistics of the task and
understand the time limitations we had to work with. They worked professionally, efficiently
and adhered to all of our health and safety policies.
They co-operated with our staff extremely well and were prepared to go the extra mile to
complete the job in the time agreed.
I was impressed with the service that we received and I would definitely work with the
company again and would definitely recommend LKM Recycling.”
– Emma Beszant, Senior Technical Manager at The O2 Arena.

TOTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

At LKM Recycling, we offer Total Waste Management Solutions. With a one-stop-shop
approach, your company’s resources can be freed up by allowing us to manage the whole
process. Whatever the size of your business, we will design a waste collection package that
is personalised to you. We assess your container requirements, the number of containers
required, the number of business locations, the type of waste you produce and the number of
collections needed, to ensure the package is based on the needs of your business.

At LKM Recycling, we offer recycling solutions for the following materials:

• Wood
• Plastic
• Glass
• Paper
• Cardboard
• Ferrous Metals
• Non-Ferrous Metals

We offer competitive rates for all materials and free site audits on all waste streams, that way
we can help you choose the right option for your business.

Call us on 01795 439393 or email [email protected], to discuss your Total Waste
Management Solution.

Ferrous market update

A collection of powerful forces has put increasing
pressure on steelworks. Demand for the metal in the
UK has never recovered since the financial crisis,
remaining 30% lower than pre-2008 levels, while
energy costs, business rates, and environmental
taxes have further squeezed the industry. However,
Tata and other steelmakers argue that the biggest
problem is China dumping steel into Europe. The
majority of Chinese steelmakers are state-owned
and are estimated to have lost billions of dollars
in 2015 as domestic demand slowed. In response,
the Chinese steelmakers are trying to increase the
amount of steel they export. Steel exports from
China to Europe have more than doubled since
2013, helping to send the price of the metal down
to roughly half 2011 levels.

Under the industry’s circumstances, LKM
Recycling has been able to grow leaps and bounds
due to our export facilities, to get our materials
around the globe and not have to rely on the UK’s
steel industry.

INJURED VETERANS GIVEN RIDE
OF THEIR LIVES

In August, 80 injured veterans and recovering service personnel got to experience the thrill
of being driven around the world-famous Brands Hatch track in an array of high performance
racing and road cars. Gary Eastwood, Owner of LKM Recycling, drove some of the service
men and women around the track in his LKM Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia.
Tony Hughes, Managing Director of LKM Recycling, got the pleasure of meeting
John Ray, an Ex-Military double amputee. At the age of 22, John was involved in a horrific
explosion when completing Med Man training in Canada to prepare himself for war. When
digging a trench to give them cover from the enemy, an old shell exploded and covered John
with shrapnel, which caused him to lose his leg and other life threatening injuries. This
hasn’t stopped John living life to the full though, he now volunteers for the Not Forgotten
Association, a tri-service charity, which provides entertainment and recreation for the benefit
of the serving wounded, injured or sick and for veterans who suffer from a disability or illness.
Some of the activities include scuba diving, canoeing and Royal Parties, which all help the
individuals on their pathway to recovery.

www.nfassociation.org

FUNDRAISING GOLFERS GO A FAIR WAY
TO HELP CANCER CHARITY

Four friends completed four rounds of golf back-to-back
in just 13 hours, raising more than £1300 for Macmillan
Cancer Support. Ryan Eastwood (Commercial Director
of LKM Recycling), Paul Steenson, Barry Moody and
Daryl Miller took on the Longest Day Golf Challenge
at Faversham Golf Club in July. Wearing the loudest
shorts they could find, they teed off at 4.20am and were
back in the clubhouse by 5.45pm, very proud of their
achievement.

www.macmillan.org

SPONSORSHIP OF SITTINGBOURNE LIONS UNDER 8’S

At LKM Recycling, we proudly sponsor Sittingbourne
Lions under 8’s football team. This enables us to
supply the talented players with football kits for their
home games.

SWALES BOROUGH COUNCIL’S TIKSPAC SCHEME

The TiksPac scheme is an environmental concept whereby stations for the free distribution
of dog waste bags are placed at selected locations, such as footpaths, parks, recreation
grounds and other public areas. The station is made from high quality Annealed Steel, and
the bags are 100% bio-degradable. There are 30 stations so far, which we are sponsoring.
At LKM Recycling we provide Total Waste Management Solutions for businesses, so by
sponsoring the TiksPac Scheme it enables us to help the community as a whole, creating a
cleaner and greener Swale.

INVESTMENTS FOR THE FUTURE OF
LKM RECYCLING

FUCHS 350 E

The Fuchs 350 E, with the new generation
engine, gives us fuel efficiency and reduced
noise levels.

This machine offers us reliability and
performance which is key to the business.
It is a vital tool for LKM Recycling which is
used for loading our export vessels and in our
production of loading our shear and lorries.

VEHICLE TRANSPORTER

With the rapid growth of LKM Recycling, we
have purchased another brand new Mercedes
Atego Vehicle Transporter to support our Car
Collection Service.

This will ensure that we can continue to offer
an efficient and professional service for our
valuable customers.

SITE IMPROVEMENTS

We have recently finished some improvements
to our site in Sittingbourne.

One of these improvements included the
concreting of the yard. This was partly in
preparation for the new shredder installation,
as well as making the site cleaner and safer.

LKM Recycling to install Untha’s
largest four shaft shredder

Untha rs150

To further continue the growth of the
company, LKM Recycling have invested in a
RS150 shredder from Untha, which will be
the first of its kind in the UK. This enables
us to offer Certified Complete Destruction
for businesses who want their products to
be destroyed beyond recognition, to prevent
resale.

We can process various complex and heavy
duty materials including:

• Plastic The 22 tonne machine will be able to
• Mixed Metals achieve throughputs of up to 12 tonnes
• Fabric per hour, which is predicted to increase the
• Tyres annual volume of recycling by 25%. With it’s
• Wood changeable screens, the shredder will be able
• Secure shredding to achieve different sized results from as
small as 30mm, depending on the customers
requirements.

“The high torque, slow speed eco-drive Commenting on the investment, Managing
concept within this machine will also keep Director of LKM Recycling, Tony Hughes
power consumption low, which minimises said: “This is our first UNTHA machine – in
our carbon footprint and saves on energy fact it is the first processing machine we’ve
costs. You wouldn’t expect these efficiencies ever bought. It will completely revolutionise
within such a heavy duty machine of this our approach to recycling because we’ll
size. soon be able to liberate all of the materials
from the streams we process. By shredding
and screening uPVC windows, for instance,
we’ll be able to separate the ‘waste’ into
its component parts with ease. This means
more material going back into the industry

We’re in the final stages of creating a
sophisticated new low-noise operation that
will really set us apart from competitors of
our size.””

Not only will the shredder make a positive
impact on the business, it is going to
create more job opportunities for the local
community.

LKM Recycling
Brooker House, Symmonds Drive

Eurolink Industrial Estate
Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3SY

01795 439393
www.lkm.org.uk

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