What Waste Can Our Balers Handle?

Discover the unexpected 4 types of waste you might thought couldn’t be compressed, but our machines can handle effortlessly.

4 Unusual Waste Types Our Machinery Handles

Our machinery not only processes common waste types like cardboard and plastic, but also manages more unusual materials. Explore 4 different waste types that our machines compact and manage below.

DRUMS

Can you compact oil drums and barrels?

Yes, our drum press punctures and compresses them by up to 90%. Save space, reduce disposal costs, and potentially even resell your compacted drums and barrels, making waste management both efficient and profitable.

Compact drums effortlessly, get more space and maximize efficiency.

Textile

Can you bale textile waste?

Yes! With our B4 baler, you can compact textile materials neatly without damage, making storage, transportation, and recycling easier than ever. Bale away textile waste with ease, keeping it neat and clean.

Bale away textile waste with ease, keeping it neat and clean.

Alu cans

What machines can compact aluminium and metal waste?

Aluminium cans and other metal waste can be difficult to handle. By using our high-press-force balers, you can create compact, tightly packed bales, making recycling easier than ever.

Crush cans into tidy bales, optimizing recycling efforts.

Wet waste

Can you compact wet and organic waste?

Absolutely, but for most companies we will advise a compactor and not a baler, to reduce the volume and weight of wet waste while separating liquids efficiently. This keeps your environment clean, reduces odors, and simplifies disposal.

Condense wet waste, reducing mess and environmental impact.

Compress Drums With The DP16

Due to size and potentially hazardous content, drums can pose a specific challenge to businesses and the environment.

Used drums often have an oily residue or liquid at the bottom, and take up significant space when uncompressed.

While it is possible to dispose of used drums by throwing them into a container, this approach proves inefficient due to the sheer amount of space they occupy.

Here’s where the DP16 comes in.

How Does The Drum Press Work?

Designed specifically for compacting oil drums and non-explosive drums, the DP16 is equipped with special spikes to puncture and allow the release of accumulated air.

Compacting the drum reduces its volume by up to 90%, enabling safe transportation, disposal, or potential re-sell. With the DP16, your compacted drums can generate additional income because of their second-hand value.

Now more than ever, customers prioritize the ethical practices of their preferred companies and brands. Our vertical balers offer an opportunity to connect with conscientious consumers, while ensuring a more ethical and sustainable approach to waste management.

Drum Press DP16 – Loading the drum

Drum Press DP16 – Removing the compacted drum

Compact Clothes and Textiles With The B4

Clothes and textiles take up valuable space, while asserting pressure on companies to ethically handle their materials.

Fabric and textiles can be damaged during transportation if they are not appropriately stored and compacted.

With no retainers inside the chamber, the B4 ensures garments remain undamaged. Whether you manage a small or large warehouse, a B-Series baler enables easy compaction of textiles for easy transportation and space optimization.

As a result, our B4 balers have become increasingly popular in the merchandise sector.

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Baler B4 Textile – Loading the baler with textile waste

Baler B4 Textile – Removing the textile bale from the baler.

Aluminum & Metal Waste with Galvanized Balers

Compacting aluminum waste, helps keep your space safe, organized, and streamlined for success. Plus, compacted bales can be sold to your local recycling plant, presenting additional income for your company.

The transportation and disposal of aluminum cans or industrial metal waste incur substantial costs for companies, particularly for heavier metals like lead and cadmium. Plus, companies deal with liquid residuals at the bottom of cans, compromising the integrity of the machinery that handles it.

To streamline this process, we recommended using a galvanized baler, like the X30 HD. With a high press force and reinforced surface, galvanized balers efficiently reduce waste volume and feature a specialized draining system to remove any residual liquid.

Since it is crucial to compact the material at the onset of bale production, our balers possess an elongated stroke to ensure durable, tightly-packed bales.

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X30 Galvanized Loading the baler with aluminum cans

Galvanized X30 Model Bale of compacted aluminum cans

Organic Waste with a Self-Contained Compactor

The food industry deals with one of the trickiest waste fractions: organic waste in both solid and liquid form.

Organic waste not only takes up valuable space and drives up transportation expenses but also decomposes quickly, emitting unpleasant odors in the process.

The waste can be compressed by self-contained compactors, designed to handle a wide range of organic waste (i.e. dairy products and other food services).

By processing waste through a self-contained compactor, organic waste undergoes a significant reduction in both volume and weight. The inclusion of a drainage pipe beneath the machine effectively removes liquid, allowing for separation of solid and liquid waste.

Wet Waste Before Compaction

Wet Waste After Compaction

Unusual Waste Requires Special Attention

Although it may seem convenient to simply dispose of waste without much thought, there’s a suitable machine for every task at hand

Even if you’re concerned about the safety and operation of our machinery, our dedicated sales team is here to walk you through the research, order, and installation of your machine.

Want to find out more? Give us a call or an email; we’re here to provide you with all the information and help you need.