Blast Mitigating Waste Bin
- Waste bins can easily conceal an explosive device and pose a serious threat to public safety.
- The BlastGard MTR series of waste receptacles dramatically reduces all lethal threats posed by the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED).
- BlastGard's technology, BlastWrap?, received a ten star rating - the highest possible - from the United Kingdom's Home Office Scientific Development Branch.
- Fully instrumented tests of the products have been carried out at Redstone Arsenal, an independent testing centre of the U.S. Army.
- In the U.S.A. the MTR line of blast mitigated waste bins have already been deployed throughout the Washington D.C. Metro system and are currently being deployed throughout the AMTRAK system nationwide.
- BlastGard products have been confirmed both "Certified and Designated" by the Department of Homeland Security in Arlington,VA.
- Currently, the BlastGard MTR 91 & 101 are installed at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain and the Executive Headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security in Arlington, VA.
- 2005 winner of the Popular Science "Best of Whats New" and the Aviation Week & Space Technology "Product Breakthrough Award".
Key Features
- Blast Mitigating Waste Bin
- Waste bins can easily conceal an explosive device and pose a serious threat to public safety.
- The BlastGard MTR series of waste receptacles dramatically reduces all lethal threats posed by the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED).
- There are 4 hazards from an improvised explosive device when detonated in a waste bin and this products protects against all four:
- - primary fragments (parts of the IED that tend to be small and travel at high velocity)
- - seconday fragments (parts of the bin that tend to be larger and travel at a lower velocity)
- - blast pressure
- - thermal effects
- Possible deployment locations:
- - city streets
- - airports
- - government facilities
- - train stations
- - military bases
- - courts of law
- - stadiums
- - corporate facilities
- - bus terminals
- The waste bin can be used both outdoors and indoors.
- Exterior walls of the bin can be customised with laminate exteriors available in a variety of colours and can include logos. It can be easily replaced if damaged or decor changes