A successful and growing British fruit farming business with sustainability at heart is recycling all packaging waste it can. The company has been baling and recycling the cardboard for years, but the Orwak Compact 3120 baler is a new addition to also include plastic in the baling processes and the small baler is just right for this volume of polythene. So don’t forget about the plastic waste, just because you already produce mill-size cardboard bales. Even a small fraction is worth bringing back into the recycling loop.
British apples and pears since 1947
This leading British fruit farming company, passionate about growing top quality apples and pears for decades, is currently farming 3000 acres and produce around 55,000 tons of fruit per year. It has been supplying supermarkets since the 1980’s and today it grows 1 in 3 of the British apples and pears sold in the UK.
“For quality, for perfection, for our attention to detail” is the motto and the company has built a successful, sustainable and growing business with thriving orchards and has planted nearly 3 million new fruit trees since 2013.
Sustainability at the core of the business
Sustainability has always been a top priority and some examples are storing rainwater in reservoirs for irrigation of the orchards, reducing energy usage, installing solar panels on all buildings and recycling all feasible waste material. The team is keen on finding new solutions and improving the recycling rate further.
Don’t forget about the plastic waste
They have been baling and recycling their cardboard for many years, but recently they wanted to include polythene in their baling processes. However, like many businesses, they are generating mill-size bales of cardboard in a big baler but do not have anywhere near that amount of polythene.
The Orwak Compact 3120 baler, recommended by Orwak Easi UK, is the perfect application for their needs. With approximately 10 % of the volume of cardboard, this little single-phase unit producing 100 kg bales is just right for this business. The 3120 is the biggest model in the Compact family with the smallest balers. It comes with a compact design and a small footprint but offers effective compaction and the convenience of semi-automatic bale ejection by simply pushing two buttons.