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PET - Plastic Water / Soda Bottles - By Bale Weights, Size and Recycling Equipment

	Bale Weight (Up to in lbs)	Equipment / Product / Ref Item		Approx Bale / Cube Size (inches)			Cubic Ft
				Depth	Height	Width
	30	Multi-Chamber Bottle Can Baler	BCC-1600	16	22	16	3.25
	70	Plastic Jug and Bottle Baler	PJL-2825	27	27.5	35	15
	85 - 110	30” Standard Small Baler	30-SVB	24	25	30	10.4
	135	42” Compact Baler	42-CVB	22	30	42	16
	180	30” High Density Baler	30-HDVB	24	30	30	12.5
	225	42” High Density Baler	42-HDVB	22	30	42	16
	230	36” Stockroom Baler	36-SRB	24	30	36	15
	230	Vertical Bottle Can Baler	VBCB-1000	16	24	24	5.3
	250	30” Super High Density Baler	30-XHD	16	24	30	6.7
	340	Horizontal Bottle Can Baler	HBCB-2000	18	30	30	9.3
	270 - 360	Extra Low Profile Mulit-Purpose Baler	XLP-4831	31	39	48	34
	300 - 400	60” Baler With Frame Beef-Up Package	60-1548	30	48	60	50
	500	60” Extra High Density Baler	60-1548XU	30	48	60	50
	500	72" Extra High Density Baler	72-2040	40	48	72	80
	600	60” Extra High Density Economy Baler	60-E720	30	48	60	50
	600	60” Vertical Baler with Longer Stroke	60-2766	30	48	60	50
	800	60” Super High Density Vertical Baler	60-2852	30	48	60	50
	1000	60” Mega Baler	60-4065	30	48	60	50
	575 – 1,000	Horizontal Balers	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies

Note: 1 of the 20 Ounce PET Bottles weighs approximately 23.83 grams and 1 of the 16 ounce PET bottles weighs 19 grams. Since 453.59 grams equals 1 pound there is roughly 19 of the 20 Ounce PET bottles to the pound. For the 16 ounce figure roughly 20% more (since the difference between 16 ounce and 20 ounce is roughly 20%)  so there are roughly 23 of the 16 ounce PET bottles to the pound. Thus, an 800 pound bale of PET would be roughly 15,200 (800 x 19) of the 20 ounce PET bottles and roughly 18,400 (800 x 23) of the 16 ounce PET Bottles. There are roughly 750 of the 20 ounce PET bottles per cubic yard and 900 of the 16 ounce PET bottles per Cubic Yard and thus the weight per cubic yard of loose PET bottles is roughly 30 - 40 pounds..