Used to compact materials such as paper, cardboard, aluminum, and other metals, as well as PET and HDPE, balers have become essential to recycling business of all sizes.

As defined above, recycling balers can work on an array of materials to compact and shape them into stackable blocks. But the most advanced balers also make sure that they do so while keeping energy efficiency and productivity in mind.

This makes sure that the business isn’t only fulfilling its core objective of moving recyclable materials from point A to point B, but that it is doing so while keeping cost efficiency in mind.

Keeping this in check, here are a few reasons how the latest paper, plastic and scrap metal balers are helping recycling businesses save on costs and scale their operations further.

Better Energy Efficiency

While balers used to consume a lot of energy in yesteryear due to their heavy-duty …