Cardboard Compactors
What are they?
In simple terms Cardboard Compactors mechanically compact down your cardboard waste to reduce overall volume. Often the confusion about compactors arises because you can compact commercial cardboard waste using a baler or bin compactor. The decision whether to use a baler or a bin compactor is determined by many factors including space, staff, location and waste volumes. Luckily QCR Recycling Equipment has a wide range of both Cardboard Balers and Cardboard Compactors so we can give you impartial advice about the best cardboard recycling solution for your business. Every business is unique therefore we offer a free, no-obligation site survey service to enable us to recommend the right solution for you.
New and Used Cardboard Compactors
QCR are a leading supplier of compactors in the UK since 1999. Our equipment can help your organisation reduce the volume of all types of cardboard waste including whole boxes and most types of plastic packaging waste. Our wide range of recycling equipment includes both new and used compactors, all of which have been carefully checked by our own team of technicians prior to delivery and are supplied with a 12 month warranty. QCR's range of Used Compactors are very popular and often sell before they are listed on our website so please contact us to find out our latest machine availability.
Hiring a Compactor
The top 3 benefits of hiring waste compaction equipment from QCR include:
- Free delivery and installation (some geographical restrictions apply)
- Free servicing and breakdown cover from a Safe Contractor accredited Engineer
- Free ongoing equipment training and documentation (risk assessments & method statements provided)
QCR offer this service to the majority of the UK. The other benefits of renting waste compaction equipment from QCR can be viewed on our dedicated Baler Rental page.
The Benefits of Using a Compactor
Businesses and organisations can become more sustainable by incorporating cardboard recycling into their daily operations. In fact, from 2024 there is new legislation coming to many regions of the UK making cardboard recycling mandatory for all businesses. The most obvious way for any business to improve their sustainability is to ensure that all uncontaminated waste cardboard is disposed of in a recycling bin. However, for businesses who do not have the space or desire for their workplace to be cluttered with bins, cardboard compaction is the answer.
A cardboard bin compactor is a hydraulic machine which compacts waste already deposited inside bins enabling you to add more waste into the bin before it becomes full. Compactors for cardboard waste bins can prevent your bins from overflowing resulting in a lowered risk of problems associated with vermin or anti-social behaviour. Many waste contractors will refuse to empty a commercial waste bin that is overflowing therefore a recycling bin compactor can help to prevent refused collections. It is cost-effective for any business to try and fit as much waste in it as possible to ensure that waste costs are minimised, installing a compactor can help with this.
In contrast with a bin compactor, a cardboard baler is a machine which you place your waste inside of to mechanically compact it into bales. In practice this means that instead of using a cardboard bin, you place all your uncontaminated cardboard waste into a baler. At first glance, this can appear to be a more complicated way of handling waste however, baled cardboard waste is more valuable than loose cardboard waste and so baling is often a more cost-effective way of handling waste when compared to bins.