Subcontractor Ladbrook Engineering does a smashing job

Ladbrook is a specialist subcontractor of pressed metal parts, providing components for products ranging from cookers to prestige sports cars. Working with Smash & Grab Glass Recycling, the company that designed the Little Smasher unit, Ladbrook has been providing manufacturing and design services. Mike Blowers, managing director of Ladbrook, said: "With this new machine, we have a much bigger role in the design and manufacturing side of things. We will be bringing a number of changes to the design that will enable faster assembly and a significant cost reduction. Also, as more of the production will be manufactured in-house at Ladbrook, we'll now have much more control over the quality of the components and the final product." Smash & Grab Glass Recycling has sold the LS02s to a number of restaurants, pubs and hotels, including Young's Breweries, Fuller Smith & Turner, Capital Pubs, Butlins and Ikea. Smash & Grab also arranges for regular collections of the crushed glass by existing waste removal contractors, thereby providing a complete recycling solution. As the Little Smasher reduces the volume of glass by approximately 80 per cent, collections do not need to be as frequent as with conventional glass recycling. The collections generate much less noise than conventional ones, a social benefit, and the transportation of glass in this form is far more efficient, resulting in a more cost-effective and significantly lower carbon footprint approach to glass waste disposal and recycling.