What waste can balers handle?

Discover the unexpected 4 types of waste you might have 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 & barrels

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.

Textile & Scraps

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.

Aluminium cans & metal waste

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.

Wet & organic 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.

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 a 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 resale. With the DP16, your compacted drums can generate additional income because of their second-hand value.

Now more than ever, customers prioritise 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 optimisation.

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

Baler B4 Textile – Loading the baler with textile waste

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

Aluminum and metal waste

Compacting aluminium 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 aluminium 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 recommend using a strong baler with a high press force.

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.

Loading the baler with aluminium cans

Bale of compacted aluminium cans

Organic and wet waste

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 odours in the process.

The waste can be compressed by 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.