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There are many benifits to baling your recycling versus having material hauled away "loose". "Loose" is a general term, that includes
all open top dumpsters, and trash compactors. "Baled" Material is material that is compacted in a baler, and tied using baling wire. Cardboard
is the most commom material to be baled. The following is a list of common benifits of baling.
- Baled material is a source of revenue, Loose material is often an overall cost depending on markets and hauler fees.
- Balers are 80% less expensive than Trash Compactors.
- Shipping baled material uses much less fuel, shipping loose materials requires the use of a garbage truck that will
have to make
several trips to a processing center while a baler eliminates the trips and material is shipped in greater volume Mill Direct.
- Baling Material allows you to track your recycling progress, you can only estimate loose quantities that are recycled.
- Baling creates clean recycling goods that will be recycled, loose recycling bins or compactors often become contaminated
easily and
a small amount of contaminate can make a load of recycling become trash.
- Sustainablity!
- Balers can be emptied when full, you have to wait for a trash hauler when dumpsters or compactors get full that can slow
your production.
- Balers take up less space than a full sized trash compactor.
- Balers improve recycling output, especially when balers are placed indoors and trash recepticals are outdoors.
Baling Myths:
- Do you need to store a "truckload"
of bales before they can be picked up?
No, Most customers have bale pickups when they have less that 12 bales - storage space that takes up about
one stall in a standard size parking space.
- Does Baling increase labor?
Not entirely, it takes time to handle your waste. Baling takes up less time than throwing material away in a dumpster
especially if you have to flatten all of your boxes. Baling takes the about same amount of time as using a trash compactor.
- Tying a bale is time comsuming?
Tying a bale can take a seasoned operator only 5 minutes, 15 minutes for someone new. Not 30 Minutes as some people believe.
- Balers are Dangerous!
Balers are very safe. Models that are 20 to 30 years old, are often not as safe and have negative reports tied to them. Most balers are standard with many safety devices, that
prevent operators from overriding safety devices. 10 Times safer than a forklift or lift truck. Regular maintenance ensures that a baler is working
properly and safely.
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