Zero to recycling hero
May 1st 2006

From zero recycling two years ago, a business has achieved 52% recycling rate during the first quarter of 2005. Two years ago, Capital Shopping Centres, the owner of Lakeside Regional Shopping centre, tasked GBM Services with kick starting a major push on recycling.

GBM installed a Durapac baling press, from Compact & Bale, to segregate and present waste materials for recycling. Two vertical mill size Durapac CB-52 balers deal with the centre's waste films and a large aperture, continuous feed Durapac CB-65 processes the large volumes of loose cardboard collected from around the centre into 700 kg bales.

GBM now recycles waste materials such as paper, magazines, film, garment wrap, metals, cages, wood, cardboard and batteries. Compact & Bale provides 24 hour maintenance on all centre waste equipment.

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