Horizontal Baler for Recyclables

You can run the best sorting line in the region and still lose money if the recovered material stays a loose pile. A horizontal baler is the machine that closes the economic loop: it turns sorted cardboard, paper and plastic into dense, uniform, sellable bales. The reason is simple logistics.…

You can run the best sorting line in the region and still lose money if the recovered material stays a loose pile. A horizontal baler is the machine that closes the economic loop: it turns sorted cardboard, paper and plastic into dense, uniform, sellable bales. The reason is simple logistics. Loose material takes up several times the space of baled material, and transport is paid by volume, not by weight alone. On top of that, a bale of standard size and density is a commodity recyclers buy at market price, not a lot negotiated from scratch every time. See the…