Compacting Drums Leads to LDPE Plastic Recycling

Large 19-litre water drums of polycarbonate used for mineral water coolers, and similar containers made of polycarbonate or LDPE, are impractical to transport and dispose of, due to their size and the enormous amount of empty space they require.

RUNI has developed one of the only solutions for compacting these large buckets and containers with a diameter up to 600mm. When they are compacted, it becomes cost-effective to transport because the transportation space is used optimally and therefore the compacted drums can be sold as LDPE plastic recycling material.

With a screw compactor a continuous compacting process is achieved as opposed to a baling press, where both filling and emptying must be done manually. Containers and buckets can be fed manually or via conveyor belt. RUNI screw compactor is equipped with sensors for automatic start and stop of the machine. When the containers and buckets are compacted by the screw and the hydraulic jaws they are pushed out and can fall into a container.

RUNI screw compactor can be equipped with a matrix meaning that containers with liquid can be separated from the content. The liquid is collected in a tray and led into a tank.

Jasar Recycling – PET deliquifying

Jasar Recycling installed a new Runi SK-370 Deliquifying Compactor for their East Palestine, OH location. “We are very happy with the RUNI SK 370 PET Deliquifying system. Right now, we are running the machine in two shifts and the machine is keeping up with all of our plastic material. The nicest feature about the RUNI is that there is barely any maintenance on the system. The RUNI SK 370 has been very cost effective and efficient deliquifying our plastic material.” Ed McNee Febr...

Nen-Products - Beverage cartons

Separation leads to savings on waste charges Separation and dewatering in connection with destruction of Tetra Pak cartons turned the waste dry enough for recycling. NEN-PRODUKTER AS in Norway produces juice and smoothies sold in various forms of Tetra Pak cartons. “We have to take care of thousands of units every day due to normal and unforeseen production waste. A major part of this waste contains filled cartons,” explains Jørgen Hylin from NEN. NEN used to use a simple ...

Premier Patterns - EPS

Investment paid back within 12 months The SK120 meant great savings for small British industrial company. Even with RUNI's smallest screw compactor, waste is turned to value. At the same time, the company got rid of the mess of uncompacted EPS and dust. PREMIER PATTERNS AND CASTINGS LIMITED in the UK produces EPS patterns and moulds in all sizes, especially for the automotive, boat and aerospace industries. The EPS blocks are cut by hand or CNC machines. Dust and off-cuts are compacted using a...

Skjern Papir - Reject

Dewatered waste is disposed at lower cost By compacting and dewatering reject, a paper recycling company avoid having to transport water for no useful purpose. SKJERN PAPIR A/S in Denmark produces 54,000 tons of liner and cardboard from recycled paper annually. In the initial sorting, the paper material is separated out from large, insoluble materials such as plastic, staples and other unwanted elements using a pulper. The rejected material is compacted and dried using a RUNI SK370. “Th...

Folldal Recycling - PE film

Environmentally friendly and energy-saving drying of PE film Folldal Gjenvinning saves between 100 and 150 kW / h per production line by pre-drying washed plastic film in a RUNI Screw Compactor. Folldal Gjenvinning, a division of Norfolier Norge AS, is one of Scandinavia’s largest recyclers of plastic film. With its latest production expansion, the division’s annual capacity has reached 15,000 tons of PE granulate reclaimed from used plastic bags and packaging filmmfrom all ov...

Dan-Web - Dust

Well suited for dust and waste products from airlaid production Less dust, easier handling and reduced transport costs. The RUNI Screw Compactor represents a great advance in airlaid production waste management. Dan-Web in Aarhus produces machinery and equipment for the manufacture of airlaid products such as nappies, sanitary towels, bed sheets and meat pads – primarily as turn-key production systems. The company has its own pilot system for client demonstrations and for niche productio...

Carlsberg Breweries, Denmark

Besides beer cans, Carlsberg Breweries in Denmark also produce Coca-Cola® in aluminum cans and PET-bottles. Carlsberg effective quality control daily sorts out substantial quantities, that needs to be destroyed. In more than 15 years Carlsberg has used a RUNI SK370 for emptying and compacting of PET-bottles. A few years ago they also got a RUNI SK240 for destruction of beer cans. Latest Carlsberg have installed a customized RUNI SK370 for their new product, 20 liters draught beer in plastic...

Rexcell, Sweden - Airlaid

The Swedish company Rexcell produces tissue and airlaid. They are among the leaders within this business with a high level of technology in their production. The RUNI SK370 was installed under their extraction system to compact the dust before it goes into the waste container. The advantage with a RUNI screw compactor is the continuous operation with automatic start, which makes it unnecessary to have an operator standing next to the machine. Also the machine needs to be airtight, to avoid...

Systec, Germany - Plastic film recycling

One of the largest manufacturers of plastic granules from post-consumer waste in Europe, Systec Plastics Eisfeld GmbH in Germany, chose in 2017 to replace their existing installation of screw compactors with 6 new RUNI screw compactors type SK370, into their washing line for PE film, as part of the drying process of the crushed and washed plastic flakes. According to the managing Director Mr. Vilmos Polgar, the reason for choosing the RUNI screw compactors were based on a successful test on sit...

Norlax - EPS fish boxes

Environment friendly EPS handling turns waste to value Norlax earned a return on its investment in a RUNI SK370 and its housing within 2 years. On a good day, up to 1,000 boxes of salmon are fed into production at NORLAX A/S, Denmark. The huge quantity of EPS boxes used to fill 4 truckloads per day, which commuted constantly between the company’s premises and a waste handling company 30 km away. Nowadays, the boxes are compacted into blocks in a RUNI SK370. The blocks are picked up every...

Vega Salmon - EPS fish boxes

In 2011 VEGA Salmon built new production facilities in Northern Germany very close to the German –Danish border for processing salmon. The production level is characterized by high flow which requires a high capacity compaction unit. The traditional way of solving high capacity demands is to have a stand alone pre-crusher and a silo. Due to limited space this solution was not possible. RUNI suggested a solution of having a high capacity pre-crusher with a buffer zone below. Under the buf...

North Landing - EPS fish boxes

The RUNI compactor has been great. North Landing, LLC of Clifton, NJ installed a new Runi EPS compactor for densifying fish boxes into recycleable logs. “The Runi compactor has been great. It has allowed us to keep our receiving docks clear and clean at all times. In the fish business…a machine like this is a must. Mike, if you ever have anyone who wants to see it feel free to have them call me.” Dorvenir Amaral – North Landing, LLC December 3, 2008 RUNI SK370

Morpol, Poland - Processor of fresh salmon

Morpol in Poland, for many years the world’s largest processor of fresh salmon and today part of the Marine Harvest group. Every day Morpol receives thousands of EPS boxes with fresh salmon and chilling ice. The boxes are only being used once and Morpol therefore uses the RUNI SK370 for effective handling of the empty wet boxes contaminated with some blood from the salmon. By compacting the boxes, Morpol has turned thousands of tons of plastic waste into valuable recycling materials. In t...

Cap Fraicheur, France - EPS

Cap Fraicheur, a French retail chain with a large sale of fish. The company was looking for a solution to compact their many used EPS fish boxes. Normally they have around 60 kg (130 lbs) per day. Most of the stores are located in city centers, and the available space is very limited. Besides the lack of storage, the odor from the used fish boxes also generated problems among the neighbours. It was therefore necessary to find a solution reducing the odor and volume of the waste and recover sto...

Rooms To Go - EPS packaging

Waste management creates profit Large US furniture chain turns over USD 3 million through recycling of packaging In 2007, the US furniture chain Rooms To Go turned over USD 1.75 billion worth of furniture – products packaged using vast amounts of cardboard, wood, plastic and EPS. But already in 1991 the chain introduced a recycling programme that has transformed waste into a profitable business which in 2007 alone earned Rooms To Go almost USD 3 million. This amount is roughly equivalent...

Chantry Digital - EPS electronics

Storage handling would be difficult without the RUNI SK120 RUNI SK120 has meant tremendous savings for a British retailer, in terms of both space and money. CHANTRY DIGITAL is a British retailer within consumer electronics and hard electrical appliances. The company covers four counties with seven outlets, and has a large nationwide commercial division. At its head office in Trowbridge, Chantry Digital uses a RUNI SK120 Screw Compactor to compact EPS packaging from products it has sold and de...

Veglo - metal cans

Separating paint leftovers from buckets By separating paint from the buckets and compress the emballage, the waste handling company saves money on both transport and disposal. VEGLO MILJØSERVICE AS collects and processes hazardous waste from companies over a wide geographic area in central Norway, including cans and buckets of paint leftovers, around 300 tons p.a. which have to be emptied and compacted. For this purpose, Veglo has been using a RUNI SK370 for the last 5 years. Packa...

Silkeborg Recycling Station

Optimises recycling of EPS (airpop) with reason Approx. 30 tons annually or equivalent to more than 60 truckloads of EPS are collected today instead of going into the container with other combustible materials. The EPS has previously been a large part of the combustible fraction, but is now compacted on site and sold for recycling with reduced transport costs. The 30 tons of compacted EPS blocks can now be loaded on just 3 trucks, and the optimisation of the weight of the combustible fraction ...

Haith recycling, Great Britain - Biogas industry

Food waste is very suitable for anaerobic digestion plants. By separating as much of the organic liquid from the packaging the more feed stock is created for the plant and the weight of the packaging is reduced. The packaging normally goes to landfill. Haith Recycling searched the market before they decided for a RUNI screw compactor. They found cheaper technology but after a test they found that RUNI’s SK370 was a better machine able to drain out more organic liquid and reduce the weight...

Tarm Recycle station - EPS

Compacting of EPS/airpop for recycling Tarm recycle station compact the gathered EPS, also known as airpop, in the recycle station with a RUNI SK200 and sells the compacted EPS blocks for recycling.Earlier the EPS was part of combustibles assorted, but now has to be separated. It has been quite a change for the citizens having to sort it and place it in a different place in the recycle station. But now, around a year later and a lot of focus on this matter, it is beginning to show the effect of...