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Trash Compactors
Applications guide (Indoor & Outdoor Trash Compactors)
Help with Finding the Right Waste Equipment - By Industry and Type of Trash
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Health Care Hospitals Medical Centers Nursing Homes |
Amusement Airports |
Retail Grocery Shopping Centers |
Restaurants (Family & QSR) |
Hotels Motels |
Colleges Schools Education |
Distribution Warehouses Manufacturing |
Office & High Rise Buildings |
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Trash Compactors |
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Compactor Cart Combo - All in One
Great for utility rooms & storage areas Compacts about 750 gal of loose trash or roughly 4 Cubic Yards into a small cube that can be disposed of easily. |
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Trash Compactors - Portable (Casters)
Great for utility rooms & storage areas. 3 Different Sizes that hold from 300 to 1000 gallons of trash (approx.) before needing to be emptied. |
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Compactor Bins - Portable
Trash can either end up in a huge polybag sitting on pallet or in a container on wheels ready to be tipped by hauler |
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PortaPack Compactors (Container Ready)
Just position over a drum, box (UN / DOT) or trash container (95 gal) and the contents are ready to be compacted. |
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Indoor Hopper Compactors Compactors that can be used indoors (at street level) that work in conjunction with the 2 yard steel containers that can be rolled to the hauler tipping area. As volume increases containers can easily be added |
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Outdoor Hopper Compactors Compactors that can be positioned at a Dock area so that trash can easily be deposited into the Compactor from the dock. |
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High-Rise Compactors
Can help greatly with reducing the waste processing costs in Hi-Rise Buildings. |
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Thru-the-Wall Compactors Compactors that will accept trash deposits from inside a building through a chute feed door while the compactor is sitting outside. |
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Automatic Compacting Receptacles
They hold about 300 gallons of trash and are excellent for reducing trash related labor costs as well as overflowing bins. |
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Specialty Compactors & Crushers Whether it is a Bottle Can Crusher or a Bulb Crusher for fluorescent bulbs (or other requirement such as Marine Use) there is probably a specialty compactor that will fill the need. Specialty Compactors are available for both Indoors and Outdoors. |
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Compacting DumpstersDumpsters that compact - 6 & 4 YardHolds approx 25 - 30 cubic yards of trash. Dumpsters are tipped onsite just like any other dumpster. |
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Vertical Outdoor Compactors
Detachable Containers can be wheeled to the tipping area and easily tipped by hauler. |
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Pre-Crushers Compactors
Great for bulk materials such as pallets, appliances & Waste_Recycling_Articles.htms |
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Stationary Compactors
Great for dry waste such as cardboard and paper etc) |
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Self-Contained Compactors
Great for wet waste |
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Miniature Self-Contained Compactors
Great for wet waste with limited space |
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Portable Bin Compactors
Compactors that are Forklift Portable |
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