How Does A Trash Compactor Work?
If your business is trying to take care of your environment and reduce your footprint on the earth, you may have considered investing in a trash compactor. Trash compactors are a great way to spark a movement within your company to cut down on waste. Many times there are items that your business is throwing in the trash that can be recycled. This is the first place to begin! When you are more conscious to recycle the items that can be recycled, you automatically will be producing less waste.
Waste by definition is both areas that are not used as well as products or materials that are eliminated or discarded. When using a regular trash can or dumpster there are many times large amounts of wasted space within it! When you do decide to move forward with a trash compactor you will all of the sudden begin to see savings not only in space used within your waste collector, but also on the end of the amount of trash pickups that are required resulting in a savings in gas as well as the amount of emissions caused by the trash pickup.
How Do They Work?
Now how do trash compactors work? If you decide to have one on your company property, you must understand how they work and exactly how you will be creating less waste. First, we recommend going through the manual of your specific compactor and reading it entirely so that you understand your specific compactor well. Although all trash compactors and brands can and will be used differently, they all will generally work the same way. Generally speaking, a trash compactor functions with a large “ram” that compresses the trash down. The ram is a metal piece of that sits above the trash. The operator or user will load up the trash compactor with whatever applicable waste there is and once secured, will activate the ram, and the compacting will begin. Trash compactors vary in size and ability but certain compactors can and will hold up to one thousand gallons of waste! That’s a lot of trash! There are also various requirements as far as how you are to load and unload your trash compactor along with what items you should put in and in what order! Be sure to check your manufacturer’s handbook before you start using your compactor.
Things That Should NOT Go Into A Commercial Trash Compactor
Although there are many items that CAN be put into a trash compactor to help your company reduce its footprint, there are also items that definitely should NOT go into a trash compactor due to safety measures and other reasons.
- Flammable & Explosive Materials
- Chemicals
- Glass & Wood
- Batteries
- Liquids
- Food waste such as raw meat and fish, grapefruit rinds.
If your compactor is jammed or seems to be malfunctioning, call a professional with experience and knowledge to come and look at your compactor to see what might be the problem.
Things That SHOULD Go Into A Commercial Trash Compactor
There are tons of items that can and should go into your trash compactor to help you reduce your footprint, just be sure to follow your compactor manual to operate the machinery in the best way possible for your business and create the least amount of waste possible.
- Household Trash including paper, cans & bottles, plastic containers, wrappings, and sweepings.
- Metal
- Cardboard
We have tons of quality used and new trash compactors that we would love to talk to you about. If you have questions about your compactor or are looking for a reputable company that can help you with your current compactor, please contact us today! Our representatives would be happy to talk to you about what needs you might have!