With so many modern machines ‘built to last’ it’s perhaps no surprise the used baler market is booming. But, just as you wouldn’t buy a second hand car without doing your research, it’s important that you know what to look for when buying a pre-owned baling press too.
With careful consideration, a used or refurbished baler could be a very wise and cost-savvy investment that will reap returns long into the future. But how do you distinguish a...
Footwear component manufacturer E A Tailby Ltd has strengthened its recycling agenda with the investment in a heavy duty waste baler from Riverside Waste Machinery.
The RWM450HD is being used to bale leather offcuts from the production of soles and heels. The bales are then shipped to Germany for recycling into regenerated leather products such as diary covers.
In this latest instalment of our ‘baler of the month’ feature, we quiz Riverside Waste Machinery’s MD Jonathan Oldfield on the key features and stand-out benefits of the RWM250 mid-range waste baler.
Describe this machine in one sentence:
This medium sized waste baler is a durable machine suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
What type of organisations use it?<...
As the age-old saying goes, a picture tells a thousand words. So, to help illustrate exactly how businesses, large and small, can achieve a return on investment (ROI) from a cardboard baler, we have prepared an infographic focusing on this very subject.
The waste baler graphic conveys the scenario currently being experienced by ABC Logistics. T...
With an extensive selection of waste baler consumables within our range, customers could be forgiven for not knowing which product is right for them. After all, baling tape, baling twine and baling wire all help to secure recycled materials into a neat and tidy bundle. But is one type of consumable better suited to specific balers than others?
Our ...
Riverside Waste Machinery has launched a new waste baler training programme to boost skill-sets and safety within the recycling industry.
Covering everything from waste baling do’s and don’ts, to sequence error troubleshooting and basic baler maintenance, the intensive one hour sessions will equip operators with the knowledge they need to effectively run any of Riverside’s vertical balers.
All course attendees will be iss...
Specialist rubber compound manufacturer Momentive Performance Materials has proven that waste baling can protect the environment, improve on-site cleanliness and boost a business’s bottom line.
Eight years ago, Momentive invested in three balers from Riverside Waste Machinery, in a bid to improve the safety of work areas within its busy Bolton premises. At the time the organisation was handling 60 tonnes of material each week, which naturally create...
In this second ‘baler of the month’ feature, we quiz Riverside Waste Machinery’s MD Jonathan Oldfield on the key features and stand-out benefits of the RWM500 mill size baler.
Describe this machine in one sentence:
A powerful mill size baling press which produces large bales that maximise revenue yield, load capacities and transport efficiencies.
What type of organ...
In an industry crowded with technological innovations, the value of old faithful waste balers can often get overlooked. That's why Riverside Waste Machinery's managing director Jonathan Oldfield was asked to speak to Recycling Today recently, regarding the role that baling presses play in the world of recovered fibre? If you missed the resulting article, you can read it i...
To us, cardboard is one of the most valuable commodities in the modern ‘waste’ environment. So many of us handle it on a daily basis, it’s easy to recycle and it can be transformed into a vast array of other products in its next ‘life’. We’re therefore great advocates of cardboard baling and recycling – as the number of cardboard balers in our fleet no doubt shows!
But, for tho...
In this new ‘baler of the month’ feature, we quiz Riverside Waste Machinery’s MD Jonathan Oldfield on the key features and stand-out benefits of our chosen model.
This month, the RWM 75 waste baler is the focus of our quick-fire questions:
Describe this machine in one sentence:
The RWM 75 is a robust yet compact waste baler that is incredibly easy to use.
The world’s leading nuclear research organisation National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has strengthened its waste reduction programme with investment in a heavy duty waste baler.
NNL is globally renowned for its nuclear research, technical development, reactor operations support, and the provision of decommissioning expertise for facilities throughout the UK.
But keen to advance its environmen...
Electrical distributor Edmundson Electrical has installed a new waste baler within its Doncaster branch, as the company furthers its quest to ‘go green’.
As the largest electrical distributor in the UK – with over 280 branches nationwide – it is no surprise that Edmundson Electrical produces a large amount of packaging ‘waste’. But as an environmentally friendly business, with a number of resource-efficient initiatives already ...
Mention the word ‘baler’ to a farmer and most will picture a vast agricultural machine to compress hay. But forward-thinking Allpress Farms identified that a waste baler could improve the family-run firm’s commitment to the environment.
Packaging materials including polypropylene, polythene, cardboard and paper could all be diverted from landfill for recycling. And a smarter appro...
Specialist motor and gearbox manufacturer Mellor Electrics has overhauled its approach to recycling with the help of a mill size baler from Riverside Waste Machinery.
And thanks to the quality and volume of bales it can produce, this world-leading engineering firm looks set to achieve a return on investment in as little as 15 months.
With a global and varied client-base, Mellor Electrics buys in a wide range of component parts ...
In December, our client Todds Waste Management was interviewed by leading industry journal Skip Hire Magazine, for the popular monthly feature 'Best Kit I Ever Bought'. If you missed the write up, you can read the article in full here...
Name: Matthew Pearson
Business: Todd Waste Management
Type of business: Integrated waste management – collection, sorting and recycling to ach...
It has been another great year for Riverside Waste Machinery, with the North Yorkshire team of waste baling specialists making clients’ big waste worries small, throughout the whole of the UK.
Whether the focus has been waste volume reduction, cost savings, protecting the environment, improving site safety, or boosting CSR credentials, dozens of new organisations the length and breadth of the country have addressed their goals and started to make pr...
Last year, we brought you the story that specialists trade sign and graphics installation company Mida Sign Services
Regular visitors to the Riverside Waste Machinery website and friends of the company may notice a few things have started to look a little different. That’s because, following months of hard work behind the scenes, we’ve finally unveiled a brand new site. The overhaul of our online presence represents a vibrant new era for our nationally renowned waste baler business. As our reputation has grown within the recycling sector – not to mention the retail, manufacturing, warehousing and logi...
Bluebird Engineering Solutions has taken delivery of an RWM500 waste baler at its North Yorkshire headquarters. The company – a producer of large component parts for the bus and coach manufacturing industry – has invested in this mill sized machine from Riverside Waste Machinery, on a three year rental agreement. Ideal for the bulky cardboa...
Normanton-headquartered International Procurement and Logistics (IPL) is a long-standing Riverside Waste Machinery customer. Part of the Asda Walmart Group, IPL is responsible for sourcing and importing produce for onward shipment into Asda distribution centres and stores.
This month, IPL’s Group Environmental Facilitator Ashley Marsh penned some thoughts regarding the company's approach to waste management and recycling, before sharing his experience of Riverside to date.
If yo...
Riverside was interviewed by MRW Magazine this month, in order to provide readers with an in-depth insight into the HSM SP4040V, We predict that this will be one of our hottest waste handling products for this year. If you missed the coverage, you can find out why...
Q: What is your product/technology?
The HSM SP4040V – a German-engineered shredder baler system for confidential waste paper.
Q: How does it wo...
North Yorkshire based Belzona is no stranger to baling. In fact the well-established business has been compacting its cardboard and plastic waste for more than 20 years. But when the company’s existing technology was no longer fit for purpose, Warehouse Team Leader Etienne Vickers turned to waste machinery specialist Riverside.
Riverside’s nearby location less than 15 miles away was an instant attraction. But upon speaking to managing director and experienced balin...
Less than seven hours after Riverside Waste Machinery opened its doors for 2015, managing director Jonathan Oldfield had sold the company’s first two waste balers of the year.
The first – a German-engineered HSM 860 ECO – is an energy-saving vertical cardboard baler. This was sold to a Yorkshire butcher for handling the firm’s dry packaging waste, and is capable of producing bales of up to 480kg. A visit to Riverside’s Boroughbridge headquarters enabled the c...
Background
Manchester-based F. Duerrs & Sons (Duerrs) is a family run manufacturer of jams, marmalades, honey and peanut butter. For over 130 years the company has excelled in producing quality preserves renowned throughout the UK.
The Challenge
As with many manufacturing companies, especially in the grocery industry, Duerrs handles a large amount of dry recyclable packaging materials, predominantly cardboard. Acknowledging that this c...
Waste baler expert and Riverside managing director Jonathan Oldfield was asked to pen some thoughts for LAWR magazine this month, as the journal considered the complexities of the waste handling landscape, and the role that baling presses have to play. If you missed his write up, you can read his thoughts in full here:
There can be no denying that the world of waste handling has come a long way. If we look at the past two to three years alone we see the UK creeping ever closer to fulfil...
Specialists trade sign and graphics installation company Mida Sign Services has invested in a new waste baler from Riverside Waste Machinery, for its print and graphics department.
The Ashton under Lyne Company was filling up to twelve 240 litre receptacles with packaging waste every day, costing the firm £1200 a year in two larger 1100 litre bin collections. But Mida no longer needs the 1100 litre bins, thanks to its investment in an
As the age-old saying goes, ‘prevention is cheaper than cure’. OK, the phrase may have been so overused that it now sounds somewhat clichéd, but there is still a lot of validity in these renowned five words.
It is a philosophy that guides so many aspects of everyday life. We have regular dental check-ups to prevent the quality of our teeth from deteriorating; we install and test smoke alarms to protect our homes from fire (which can be costly in so many ways); and we send our cars ...
There are a number of factors currently driving the procurement of recycling and waste management equipment. Firstly, machinery such as waste balers must be fit for purpose and capable of supporting organisations’ environmental strategies. In this respect, Riverside boasts the UK’s most extensive range of vertical waste balers plus a growing selection of semi-automatic horizontal b...
Having worked with hundreds of recycling clients, advising the best waste balers for their needs, Riverside Waste Machinery has a detailed insight into the best way to procure recycling equipment. Managing director Jonathan Oldfield was therefore recently asked to examine the 'purchase vs rental' debate, in a technology feature for industry-leading journal MRW magazine. If you missed...