Our Customer

The Mall at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol is a major regional shopping destination covering 750,000 sq ft with over 150 retail stores attracting a large volume of visitors from a wide catchment area. There is a 1200 seat food court as well as a number of restaurants and brands across the site. The site employs over 1100 staff and has attracted over 35m visitors since it opened in 1998.

Implementing and commissioning

There are a range of costs and environmental impacts, that are associated with waste management and it is best practice to minimise these elements as far as is reasonably practicable.

The brief therefore was to reduce the quantity of waste leaving the site, thereby reducing costs on waste that is segregated off-site and its associated transport costs, along with the number of journeys required for collection; ultimately, reducing the carbon footprint and cost of waste management.

The Mall's management team have been hugely supportive in working with us to ensure that our innovative processes are implemented to reduce the impact the shopping mall has on the environment. We worked together to design to meet the existing working practices of the operations team, factoring the challenges of the location and access, bin sizes, collection frequency, average weights and waste types.

The XO3 machine was installed in September 2020 and testing finished by October 2020. During the testing period the installation team were able to achieve excellent mass and volume reduction. In December 2020 the XO machine was fully integrated into the operational practice of the site waste management team.

The XO system operates almost autonomously, requiring little interaction from the operatives. At the start of the process a wheelie bin is placed onto a bin lifter. Then once the door is closed the machine takes over, lifting and emptying the waste into a hopper, which in turn feeds a shredder.

We were able to remotely monitor the performance and the outputs of the equipment to ensure the most efficient operation possible as well as carrying out safety checks, service requirements and monitoring gas levels.