Do you only grind woody biomass? Rotochopper shares some of the strangest things they have been requested to grind!
Rotochopper started when a Midwestern farmer wanted to turn paper and wood waste into animal bedding. Twenty five years later, Rotochopper grinders are at work in diverse and sometimes bizarre settings across the world. In honour of the 25th year of Rotochopper, here are some of the most interesting raw materials ever processed with Rotochopper grinding equipment (compiled by Vince Hundt, International Sales Manager):
- A dead full grown sperm whale that washed ashore in Halifax
- Uranium contaminated trees in Ontario
- Pallets of unopened beer cans in London
- Confiscated marijuana in California
- Blobs of Big Red® chewing gum the size of refrigerators in Iowa
- Millions of mink carcasses in Nova Scotia
- Contraband cigarettes in Ontario
- Dead pigs in Indiana
- Thousands of Vietnam War ammunition boxes in Nevada
- Fiberglass windmill blades in South Dakota
- Millions of dead quarantined turkeys and chickens in Iowa
- Blobs of licorice waste in Minneapolis
- Reject McDonalds® Happy Meal toys (by the truckload) in Pennsylvania
- Hospital mattresses, hospital gowns, and operating room medical waste in Minnesota
- Pen manure (compacted straw and calf manure)
- Entire mobile homes in Indiana
- Tumbleweeds in NevadaRoadkill animals, including deer, in Ontario
- Reject Snickers® bars in Iowa
- Compacted, hardened balls of breakfast cereal (2 – 5 feet diameter) in Michigan
- Reject dog food biscuits in Missouri
- Dead dogs from a dog pound in Texas
- Sleeping bags in Oregon
- Reject gummy bears in Iowa
- All the returned 1996 phone books for the entire country of Australia in Queensland
Source: http://www.rotochopper.com/about-us/news/25-weirdest-feedstocks-grinding-equipment.html