Waste Management: Labrie Equipment Announces a New Patent for its Automated Bi-Compartment Truck

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Waste Management: Labrie Equipment Announces a New Patent for its Automated Bi-Compartment Truck

CANADA, May. 4 -/E-Wire/Business Wire/-- Labrie Equipment Ltd., the North American leader in the field of refuse and recycling collection equipment, announced today that it has been awarded a US patent for its automated bi-compartment truck. This unit is equipped with a unique chute system allowing the collection of two different waste materials at the same time. "This innovation will lead to significant productivity gains. Public recognition of its importance is excellent news for all American cities", declared Claude Boivin, President of the company.

The patent was awarded for a system of mobile deflecting plates that allow the operator to unload two kinds of waste material into two separated compartments. The automated bi-compartment truck equipped with the new system needs only one stop to collect two materials from either two different roll-carts or one bi-compartment roll-cart. Other advantages of this innovation include a lower risk of injury for operators, a lower level of sound pollution during collection and a higher quality of recovered recyclables resulting in less operation costs.

Labrie Equipment Ltd. was the first North American company operating in this industry to be certified ISO 9001 in 1999. It has earned an excellent reputation for its innovative solutions such as the hydraulic over-the-top recycling unit, the Top Select, and the Expert Cool Hand, a side loading unit allowing manual, semi-automated and fully automated collection. These collection trucks have become benchmarks in the waste management industry.

Labrie Equipment Ltd.

Labrie Equipment Ltd., http://www.lebunker.com/labrie or BUNKER Relations publiques, Mathew Santerre, (418) 456-2587, [REDACTED-EMAIL]

http://www.lebunker.com/labrie

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