Westfield Shopping Centre Warrawong NSW

Operations Manager at Westfield Warrawong shopping complex Mr Ian Oliver has found the installation of a Trethewey HD 200A Autobaler to be an enormous improvement in his waste management system.

"The Autobaler was first installed on a trial basis and straight away we noticed an increase in the tonnage of dry waste that our waste contractor was removing. In fact since using the Autobaler we have documented an increase from approximately nine tonnes per month of dry waste to 22 tonnes per month", Mr Oliver said. "This is due to the fact that the Autobaler is easier for staff to use in comparison to our previous baling system. The staff now put dry waste into the baler rather than into the wet waste compactor. An added advantage is that the Autobaler is so simple to operate that even new staff are quickly familiar with its function and features and use it readily".

Reliability of the Autobaler has been excellent with only one minor problem after eleven months of constant operation. Trethewey's had a service man on site and the baler operating within hours of notification of the problem.

What was Ian Oliver's overall impression of the Autobaler? "It's a winner".

Ian Oliver

Operations Manager

Westfield Shopping Centre Warrawong NSW

ANA Hotel The Rocks, Sydney, NSW

"ANA Hotel Sydney has been pleased to work with Trethewey Industries recently to install a cardboard recycling baler.

The baler has enabled us to recover and recycle considerably more cardboard and has been a cost effective and efficient option.

We have also found the baler to be very easy to use, with any staff member being able to manage the operation.

Priot to the installation of the baler, handling of cardboard in the hotel had almost become a full-time job and we are pleased with the way we have been able to free up our labour to complete other tasks. The baler has also simplified what was previously a very tedious job.

We are enjoying a tidier garbage area with the arrival of the baler and consider it to be an asset to the department."

Russel Allom, Chief Engineer, ANA Hotel Sydney

Inverell Shire MRF Utilizes Autobaler

Inverell Shire Council in Northern NSW are experiencing the benefits of ownership of a Trethewey Industries HD 200A Autobaler. The Autobaler has been incorporated in councils Material Recovery Facility (MRF) baling cardboard and paper with a volume of approximately 10 tonnes per week.

Manager Environmental Services Mr Tim Russell commented that the Autobaler had been working all day every day since installation in September 1999 with only minor problems which were immediately attended to by Tretheweys. Mr Russell added that the Autobaler offered substantial savings in capital cost over other comparative equipment and required less space. There had been no staff complaints or accidents with the Autobaler as it was simple to operate. Even new or part time staff are quickly familiarised with the full automatic operation.

Autobaler operator at the Council Material Recovery Facility Mr Anthony Schutz commented that the baler was safer than any other equipment he had used and that the automatic activation of the baler when the hopper was full made it perfect for filling from bins via a fork lift, this was because the operator of the fork lift did not have to dismount to start the baler.

Trethewey's have a three model range of Autobalers suitable for cardboard volumes of between 2 to 20 tonnes per week.

David Rainer National Foods Milk Ltd.

HD200 ASF AutoBaler

National Foods Milk Ltd Penrith Plant is the second largest liquid milk processing plant nationally - processing in excess of 500,000 litres of milk each day. A major part of the continuous improvement programme launched in 1999 was to drive to recycle plastic, cardboard, metal containers, detergent containers and water at levels above the generally accepted industry standards. One area of particular importance was the physical compaction of the HDPE Plastic milk bottles. The nature of these bottles means that the resin has a strong memory and retains its original shape even after compaction. Several compactor units were tried based on the traditional bale type designed with poor results. The problems encountered centred around the desire of the plastic bottles to return to their original shape. When the pressure was released in the press the plastic expanded resulting in difficulties in removing the bale from the press. The Trethewey Industries AutoBaler was referred to national Foods as an alternative. The results were immediate, the ease of extraction of the bale from the press did not present any difficulties for the operator. The automatic start and hold under pressure were additional features that resulted in the baler being located in the material recycle area which is an unmanned area. Operators dispose of waste HDPE bottles directly into the Trethewey AutoBaler and when full an alarm identifies the need to remove the bale. Additionally the skate mechanism that the bale sits on results in the operator very easily removing the bale from the AutoBaler with no potential of injury and positioning the bale ready to be picked up by a fork lift. The Trethewey Industries AutoBaler has solved several problem areas relating to the compaction, and subsequent transportation of waste HDPE milk bottles.

The bales of HDPE bottles are now purchased fro recycling. The National Foods Penrith site now recycles 90% of all HDPE materials used on site thanks largely to the Trethewey Industries AutoBaler: Model HD200ASF.

David Rainer Manufacturing Manager National Foods Milk LTD Penrith.