Retail
Space is a commodity in retail: every corner of a store inside and out is designed to interest customers and catch the eye. There is definitely no space for stacks of cardboard boxes, messy overflowing garbage bins, or plastic heaps from shipments! While an expert-informed waste management approach is the solution to reducing overall waste and more effectively managing materials, our modern cardboard balers and trash compactors are the solution to compressing the waste that ends up getting thrown out. Our equipment helps retailers significantly reduce the volume of waste sent to landfills, reduce trash/recycling pick-ups, lower carbon emissions, and save thousands of dollars on waste management costs every month.
Pete’s Ace Hardware
Challenge
Pete’s Ace Hardware, a Castro Valley fixture since 1926, was swimming in cardboard boxes and had overflowing trash issues. Tight on space, the owner wanted to streamline what they were doing and improve the appearance of his store.
Solution
Bay Area Trash Compactor placed our quiet Bramdian B20 cardboard baler and our Summit SV2 Compactor side-by-side. The systems are tucked behind a cyclone fence/gate that shelters the equipment from shoppers, yet is easily accessible by staff.
The B20 Baler crushes 400-500 boxes into an easy-to-handle 500-650 lb bale of cardboard. No more wasting time flattening boxes — instead, staff just throws boxes into the hole! Ace saves labor, eliminates unsightly overflowing Omnipak crates, and has now closed the loop on their recycling. The bales are simply loaded into the Ace Hardware delivery truck and returned to the Distribution Center where bales are gathered and sold for top dollar to the Recycler.
Savings
The SV2 Compactor packs 10-12 loose tards of trash into its 2-yard bin. This resulted in dropping pickups from 1-4 yard bin 3 days per week to one 2-yard bin once per week – slashing garbage costs and saving over $10,000 per year.
Alameda Theater
Alameda Theater, the beautifully restored and maintained landmark installed our Summit SV2S Side unload compactor to save space by removing excess dumpsters behind the theater. Not only did the compactor eliminate two overflowing bins, but the SV2S slashed garbage pick-up costs by 50%. Space behind the theater is tight with multiple tenants using the trash…
Pepsi Co- Hayward
Bay Area Trash Compactor just installed five of our high density Bramidan balers at the Pepsi Bottling Plant in Hayward. Pepsi staff will be baling plastics with the new low-profile X6030 baler which puts out an amazing 88,200 lbs of force producing plastic bales up to 1,300 lbs! With a decibel level of less than…
Shari’s Berries – Lincoln, CA
Sending chocolate covered strawberries to your sweetie is always a hit. Our stationary compactor with a walk-on deck and custom receiver was a hit for Shari’s Berries west coast warehouse in Lincoln, CA. Instead of walking out to the nasty open-debris box, now staff at Shari’s Berries simply open a roll-up door and dump trash…
COST SAVINGS
35 - 75% on Average.
Emissions Savings
60 - 80% Savings Per Month