Self-contained compactors provide solutions for waste disposal with many benefits to a variety of business types. Self-contained trash compactors improve the sanitation and cleanliness of waste management processes and waste disposal dock areas.
Benefits of Self-Contained Trash Compactors
These durable trash compactors maintain a clean working environment and outer dock area with leak-free wet waste disposal that fits into compact spaces. They are designed to be durable for long-lasting waste solutions and can be customized to meet specific business disposal needs. Options include self-contained compactors with a chute feeding system, open hopper, side loading, dock, or ground-level disposal.
Other options exist to protect the hydraulic system with breakaway protection at the couplings, such as Stucchi’s Compactor Break Away Safety System or C-BASS. Protecting your self-contained compactor against potential damage to the equipment, as well as preventing environmental contamination, provides many business types with dock-friendly waste disposal.
What Businesses Use Self-Contained Compactors?
All types of companies in many industries must make waste management an important part of their business operations. Managing waste is important for managing all types of businesses, including:
- Convenience stores
- Shopping malls
- Movie theatres
- Restaurants
- Grocery stores
- Industrial operations
- Schools and campuses
- Apartment complexes
- Hospitals, clinics and nursing homes
Maintaining a clean and sanitary environment for all occupants, employees, and guests is critical to providing safety in your workplace and business environment. Self-contained compactors are a favorite waste disposal tool in these industries and others due to their durability and reliability for compacting all types of trash within a safe and clean environment. Self-contained compactors provide years of worry-free service with little maintenance required, especially when protected against potential damage.
Possible Damage to Self-Contained Compactors
Self-contained compactors are emptied when a waste hauler comes to take the entire unit off to dump at a landfill or waste dumping site. Each time the driver removes the unit, the hydraulic lines must be disconnected. The compactor operates with hydraulic power to crush packages and compact trash. This hydraulic system must be disconnected prior to the waste hauler driving off, or serious consequences could occur.
Disconnecting the hydraulic hoses is a monotonous task that drivers perform each time they haul a compactor away. Drivers are human too, and occasionally, they may forget to disconnect the hoses before pulling away. This actually happens more often than drivers would like to admit, and when it does, devastating consequences may occur.
If the hoses are not disconnected, they will most likely break apart and spill hydraulic fluid all over the dock. On the rare occasion they do not come apart, it has been known to happen that the entire hydraulic power unit is dragged behind the truck, becoming a dangerous projectile that could injure anyone in its path. Imagine a truck pulling a mini-fridge behind it, bouncing all over a Walmart parking lot, and the potential for risking human injury or worse as shoppers walk unaware through a danger zone.
Hydraulic fluid in itself is dangerous for human exposure and an environmental hazard that requires costly clean-up efforts if spilled. In some cases, when drivers accidentally drive off without disconnecting the hoses, the entire power system can be damaged, causing a power outage at the store. We have seen damage ranging from broken hoses and spilled hydraulic fluid to dangerous projectiles being dragged behind a truck to expensive equipment damage and power outages.
Protect your self-contained compactor today with Stucchi’s Compactor Break Away Safety System, C-BASS. C-BASS is automatically installed by some waste management fleet companies and is recommended by many business experts. Contact us today to learn more about the C-BASS Compactor Break Away Safety System and protect your equipment and property with dock-friendly waste disposal solutions.