Why Recycle Paper / Cardboard Trim?

Paper, cardboard, and box board trimmings are the offcuts generated in production process. How to handle these scraps is a problematic issue for almost every printing plant, box plant, and corrugated cardboard plant. These trimming scraps are totally recyclable. Large quantities of paper or cardboard trimmings can be sold after properly baled by using a paper baler, and then recycled to make new products.

Recycling paper and corrugated cardboard trim scraps obviously has positive impacts on environment and businesses. It reduces global greenhouse gas emissions, reduces the waste amount sending to landfills, in the meantime, significantly reduces waste management cost, and generating revenue for recycling businesses. It is a way saving our planet while creating economic benefits.

What is Makabale's Baling Solution?

Baling paper trims or corrugated carboard trims, transform these scraps into consistent rectangular dense bales is a key step in paper and cardboard recycling process and a suitable baling machine is a must-have piece of equipment for recycling companies.

Makabale manufactures and offers a wide range of paper / cardboard baler machines, both vertical balers and horizontal balers, which can meet different kinds of baling needs. With the durable Makabale paper / cardboard balers, you can:

  • Save valuable storage space as the material size is reduced
  • Easier to store and stack owing to its cube shape
  • Easier to ship
  • Save storage costs and transportation costs
  • Save labor and save time
  • Create a safe and neat working area for staff
  • Increase revenue and have a quick return on investment
  • Reduce fire risks

Get to know which paper / cardboard baler is perfect for your organization's operations. Usually, it depends on the volume of waste paper / cardboard trimmings that need to be baled; the final estimated bale weight or bale size you want; the hourly or daily output that you expect; your space available for the baler installation and operation, and your budget for the paper baler / cardboard baler.

Recommended Vertical Balers for Paper / Cardboard Trimming Baling

If you have limited operating space or you only need a small volume or a mid-sized volume, our typical vertical balers would be perfect for these tasks.

Select from the versatile mini baler series which is perfect for small scale recycling. They are very practical and can be adapted to most facilities and working areas. The bale output is small and easily managed.

If you need medium-sized baling volume or to make mill sized bales, you may choose from Mill Size Baler series which has 5 different models differ in bale sizes and compressing force. Model VMS30-15276S and model VMS50-15276S produces 60” wide bales which are most popular with paper recyclers.

Vertical Two Ram Baler series are heavy duty recycling balers with compressing force ranges from 80ton to 200ton to produce more dense bales to optimize loading. Two bale sizes available which are 60” wide and 43” wide.

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

VERTICAL TWO RAM BALER

  • Bales multiple materials, but primarily for rigid plastic, extruded aluminum, plant fiber
  • Bale size (L): 1100 to 1520mm
  • Bale wt.: 120 to 400kg (coir)
  • 7 different models and sizes

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

  • Bales multiple materials, but primarily for OCC, paper, and soft plastic
  • Bale size (L): 800 to 1520mm
  • Bale wt.: 60 to 450kg (OCC)
  • 5 different models and sizes

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

MINI BALER / MARINE GARBAGE COMPACTOR

  • Bales multiple materials (cardboard, soft plastic, textile, marine garbage, etc.)
  • Bale size (L): 650 to 750mm
  • Bale wt.: 20 to 100kg (OCC)
  • 4 different models and sizes

Recommended Horizontal Balers for Paper / Cardboard Trimming Baling

If it is a large volume of waste trimmings, we suggest horizontal balers for this purpose, including Closed End Manual-Tie Horizontal Baler and Open End Auto-Tie Horizontal Baler. Both series are available with different chamber sizes and compressing forces for choice. They can be fed by a conveyor system that enables automatic feeding, which improves your efficiency and throughput.

The Open End Auto-Tie Horizontal Baler (fully automatic baler) is the most popular one with recyclers for high productivity demand. This baler can also be connected with air conveying system from the waste generated. The baling system can be customized according to your plant situation and individual requirement.

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

CLOSED END MANUAL TIE HORIZONTAL CARDBOARD BALER

  • Bales multiple materials (cardboard, soft plastic, plastic bottle, textile, etc.)
  • Bale size: 750 x 750mm to 1100 x 1250mm
  • Bale wt.: 200 to 1350kg (OCC)
  • 6 different models and sizes

CARDBOARD BALER / MILL SIZE BALER

AUTO-TIE / AUTOMATIC HORIZONTAL BALER

  • Bales multiple materials (cardboard, paper, soft plastic, etc.)
  • Bale size: L x 20” x 20” to L x 43” x 43”
  • Bale wt.: 88lbs to 2640lbs (OCC)
  • 7 different models and sizes

Paper / Cardboard Trim Baler Frequently Asked Questions

How to Dispose of Paper Trim?

If your business generates a lot of paper trimmings, it is highly recommended to use a recycling baler system to compress the paper trim into dense bales which are convenient and cost-saving for transport for recycling.

Why Do I Need a Baler for Paper Trim?

The utilization of a recycling baler is an efficient way to remove paper trimmings. It also streamlines your production process, saves you disposal time and money, improves working efficiency, and helps to create a safe, clean and healthy working environment for staff.