Frontline Washing Systems

Designing a soil washing plant starts long before equipment arrives on site.

Every material stream is different. Soil type, contamination profile, clay content, moisture, fines, organics, and target recovery goals all affect how a system should be built.

That is why aggregate recovery is not a one size fits all process.

The right system needs to be designed around the material, the site, and the business case behind it.

At Frontline Washing Systems, we help operators work through the full picture, from material testing and process planning to equipment selection, commissioning, service, and long-term support.

Because better recovery starts with better design.

Soil washing isn’t new.

Globally, the technology is proven, but in Canada, adoption has been held back by one major barrier: access.

For too long, soil washing meant large stationary plants, long setup timelines, major site requirements, and systems that were difficult for many operators to justify.

New modular washing systems are faster to set up, easier to operate, and built to take up less space than traditional stationary plants.

That opens the door for more Canadian operators to look at aggregate recovery seriously, including:

• Civil contractors managing excess soil
• Landfills trying to extend site life
• Transfer stations handling mixed material
• Hydrovac and slurry facilities looking for better recovery options
• Aggregate producers dealing with difficult feed materials

Frontline Washing Systems brings these modular soil and slurry washing systems to Canada, backed by local service, parts, commissioning, and long-term support.

Historically, one of the reasons we don’t see full scale adoption of soil washing systems across Canada is their setup time.

Many options in the market are large, fixed plants that can take months to install. In some cases, setup alone can take 16 weeks or more, before factoring in permitting, approvals, and the added requirements that come with stationary systems.

We offer solutions that can be setup as little as 6 weeks.

That is what is starting to shift in the soil washing market.

Less complexity.
More practical entry points.
A clearer path to results.

What does “modular” actually mean?

For an aggregate recovery system, it means the equipment is designed in sections that are easier to transport, install, and expand over time.

Tyrone International designs its systems to make setup more straightforward. Many parts are pre-wired and pre-plumbed before delivery, which helps reduce the amount of work needed on site.

For operators, that means a faster path from delivery to production, with a system that can grow as the business grows.

Canada is not an easy place to bring in new processing technology.

Variable feed materials. Harsh conditions. Rising disposal costs. Tighter regulations.

That is why choosing the right manufacturer was never going to be a quick decision.

Over three years, we visited sites across Europe, compared different systems in action, and looked for a manufacturer that was pushing aggregate recovery forward while still understanding real-world operating conditions.

Tyrone stood out for two key reasons:

• Deep specialization in soil and slurry processing
• Modular, operator-friendly systems designed to scale with the business

Together, Frontline Washing Systems and Tyrone bring proven washing technology to Canada, backed by local support that stays involved long after installation.

Dry processing has been used for decades to sort soil, aggregate, and waste materials.

For many applications, crushing and screening can do the job. But with contaminated or highly variable soils, dry processing has limits.

Oversized debris can often be removed mechanically, but clay, silt, organics, plastics, and fine particles are harder to separate through dry screening alone. These fractions can hold contamination, bind to valuable aggregate, and make the material difficult to reuse.

That is where wet processing changes the outcome.

Soil washing uses water, screening, scrubbing, classification, and fines management to separate usable sand, stone, and aggregate from the material that needs further handling or disposal.

For the right feed material, that means less volume going to landfill and more recovered aggregate going back to work.

Transfer stations are a critical part of urban material management.

They help keep projects moving by receiving excess soils, slurry, and other disposed materials, then consolidating and hauling that material to approved landfills or disposal sites farther from the city.

But every tonne that leaves the gate carries a cost.

With aggregate recovery, transfer stations can change the economics of disposal. Instead of trucking out the full volume, soil washing can separate recoverable sand, stone, and aggregate from incoming material, reducing the amount that needs to go to landfill.

For the right material stream, that means lower disposal exposure, less outbound hauling, and a new opportunity to turn recovered aggregate into usable product.

Approved landfills are working with a fixed resource: permitted airspace.

Every cell has a limit. Once that space is filled, its value is gone, and the site moves one step closer to its approved capacity.

That’s where aggregate recovery changes the equation.

By washing incoming soils and separating out reusable sand, stone, and aggregate, operators can reduce the volume going to disposal and preserve valuable landfill capacity for material that truly needs it.

In the right application, soil washing can recover a significant portion of incoming material as usable aggregate, helping extend landfill life, reduce disposal pressure, and create more value from every load.

That’s the power of aggregate recovery.