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The ‘BeachTech’ comes into its own in
the summer cleaning and preparing
public and private beaches all over the

world. ‘From Mumbai to Mauritius,
and from Bali to Dubai, our units can
be spotted anywhere, even on the
most remote beaches,’ says company
salesman Alessio di Girolamo.
To date, some 2 500 BeachTech vehi-

cles have been sold and many more
will follow, he expects. ‘Mind you, we
have dealers in 110 countries.’

PRIVATE BEACHES, TOO
BeachTechs are in operation in the
Philippines, Australia, the Caribbean,
you name it. ‘We’ve even sold a cou-
ple to the municipality of Rimini.’
It’s not only public organisations that
call for help from BeachTech. ‘Among
our clients are some private guys who
own beaches or even islands than
need to be cleaned every now and
then,’ Girolamo explains.
BeachTech cleans the sand to a depth
of 30 cm. ‘It takes out small plastics
and cigarette butts, also coins and
rings and all kinds of other metals
people leave behind. The good news
is these metals and other materials
have a value and are ultimately recy-
cled.’

HANDLING BOILERS
For Italy’s recycling system provider
For Rec, Ecomondo was ‘a great
show’. The company used the stage in
Rimini to showcase its latest offering, a
shredder line for boilers. A first line
has been installed at a recycler near

Bordeaux, France, with a second on
the way to a customer in north Italy.
‘Boilers may often seem such simple
devices causing no harm to the envi-
ronment,’ says For Rec’s marketing
coordinator Luisa Macchion. ‘But the
truth is, they contain gases and foam
which need to be separated and
caught properly.’
Meanwhile For Rec is busy developing
an advanced separation solution for
solar panels. Macchion: ‘Glass in solar
panels contains a lot of impurities and
we need to filter them out. We’re test-
ing now and we are coming up with a
solution that’s not yet on the market.’

MEET TOMMY
Scrap fires continue to cause head-
aches among recyclers worldwide and
Italy is no exception. ‘We’ve been see-
ing a serious increase in fires at recy-

Spotlight on textiles recycling.

Alessio Girolamo
(left) and Patrick
Maier proudly
showcasing their
‘BeachTech’.

Ecomondo 2024 welcomed visitors
from more than 100 countries, including
Kyrgyzstan.

Jessie Xue and Scott Newell from Newell Recycling Equipment:
‘You bet we’re on the cover.’

For Rec’s marketing coordinator Luisa Macchion and Marco
Zoccarato, the company’s ceo.

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