Crapper & Sons

Crapper & Sons Ltd is a long-established, family-run recycling and waste-management business operating from a 170-acre site near Swindon, UK. With 40 acres dedicated to landfill and 30 acres to recycling, the company has built a strong reputation for responsible resource recovery and sustainable waste handling.

The Challenge

Crapper & Sons are committed to maximising diversion from landfill by reclaiming and processing valuable materials through a modern Materials Recycling Facility (MRF).

However, during construction of their new high-capacity MRF, the business faced a significant operational challenge of how to continue to process waste and avoid costly downtime.

They needed:

• A temporary but reliable recycling system
• Fast deployment
• Strong performance and high purity
• The flexibility to operate across different waste types
• And crucially — a hire option, rather than capital expenditure, during a major infrastructure build

Kiverco works closely with CRJ Services who supply recycling equipment on a hire basis. CRJ were able to supply Crapper & Sons with the Kiverco mobile solution to enable them to continue full processing operations while their new MRF was being built.

The hired mobile system included:

• Kiverco DS150 Density Separator
  • High-accuracy light/heavy separation
  • Consistent output purity across varied waste streams

• Kiverco PS123 Picking Station
  • Manual sorting, air separation, and magnetic separation in one compact unit
  • Ideal for maintaining quality and recovering recyclable materials during the MRF transition

• No downtime — operations continued uninterrupted
• No long-term financial commitment during construction
• Immediate deployment with rapid setup
• Static-plant power in a mobile, flexible format
• Easy relocation when the new MRF was ready
• Confidence and continuity for both customers and the business

This hire solution gave Crapper & Sons the operational bridge they needed during a critical phase of growth.

The outcome

By choosing to hire Kiverco equipment, Crapper & Sons were able to:

• Maintain full processing capacity throughout MRF construction
• Continue serving customers without disruption
• Sustain high purity levels and recovery rates
• Avoid costly downtime
• Operate flexibly across their site with hybrid power options
• Transition smoothly into the new MRF once completed

And thanks to Kiverco’s proven build quality, backed by 30+ years’ engineering expertise and 400+ static plants worldwide, the hired equipment delivered continuous uptime and dependable output throughout the entire project.