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Do shredders help reduce volume?

April 26, 2017help reduce shredders volume

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Do shredders help reduce volume?

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When trying to achieve volume reduction of the treated waste, shredding may be the least effective means of accomplishing this. Shredded material has a spongy effect when being compacted. After the compactor ram has retracted, the shredded material springs back. Please see the following photo of the shredded waste spilling out of the compactor. Compacting loose shredded wasteThe San-I-Pak sterilization process alone achieves 40% volume reduction of the waste. By utilizing San-I-Paks high-density compactor (6:1 compaction ratio), there is an 80% volume reduction of the treated compacted waste. Shredding serves no additional benefit since Department of Transportation regulations restrict the waste load to ten (10) tons. This can easily be achieved with a high-density compactor alone. Compacting encapsulated waste.