A WHITCHURCH company has been praised by another client for its mixing systems.

Landia has supplied mixers to Eco Sustainable Solutions plant which deals with food waste and is based near Dorchester.

Eco's operations manager, Kieran Purkis praised the Landia system for keeping staff safe.

He said: "We much prefer a mixing system that is outside the tank.

"I’m really not sure why some biogas systems still require mixers to be lifted out of a tank.

"We are health and safety led, so it’s a no for us.

"It involves far too many risks.

"It also doesn’t make sense financially.

"In addition to helping us improve our biogas yields by more than 10 per cent, another benefit of the Landia digester mixing system is that it keeps our team safe."

Ed Johnson, Eco’s AD manager praised Landia for its robust system.

He added: "Even when you are running a plant with relatively low solids as we do, effective mixing is very important.

"Even a five percent rise in our production can mean an extra £200,000 in PPA (purchase power agreements).

"As part of our ongoing drive to maximising production and be one of the best performing plants in Europe, we have upgraded our screening, but having both digesters mixed properly is crucial.

"The Landia system is very good and robust.

"It doesn’t require rebuilds.

"We also have no issues in obtaining spares."

Eco’s Site Supervisor, Antonio Rodrigues added: "In eight years, the Landia digester mixing system has been brilliant.

"It’s a great idea.

"Apart from replacing a couple of solenoids, we’ve had no issues in eight years.

"We know that our digesters benefit from being completely mixed."

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