No problem with plastic bottles
February 1st 2009 Waste processing
equipment provider,
Orwak, has launched an
innovative new baler
specifically designed to
help improve the
recycling of drinks cans
and plastic bottles. The
unit has been designed
to offer a practical and
effective way to compact
and bale smaller volumes
of metal cans and PET
bottles.
According to Orwak, in
the past it has been
difficult to recycle plastic
bottles. The strong
construction and
tendency of plastic
bottles to 'bounce back'
has made them tricky to
compact, meaning that
even relatively small
volumes occupy a large
amount of space.
The Orwak 5040 solves
the bounce back problem
by using a two-stage
compaction process
which pierces the plastic
bottles prior to baling.
This means that PET
bottles can simply and
easily be baled, even with
the tops still on.
Compact in design, the
unit produces stackable
bales containing up to
500 plastic bottles or 650
metal cans, effectively
producing a compacting
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