Hambleys

Bulky, empty steel drums were making disposal expensive for a UK drum recycling business. LFA supplied a drum crusher to tackle the space they occupied, allowing considerably more drums onto each load, with potential waste transport savings of 80%.

For a UK business specialising in drum recycling and waste handling, moving empty drums was becoming a costly challenge. Each drum took up substantial space, limiting how many could fit on a vehicle. Loads reached their space limit before the business could transport enough drums cost-effectively.

The customer needed to bring those costs down. Continuing to transport drums at their original size meant repeatedly paying for journeys with limited load capacity, a practical problem for businesses handling bulky, empty containers.

We supplied the LFA DC Drum Crusher to reduce drum volume before transport. By crushing the drums into much smaller units, the customer could fit considerably more onto each load.

With a 30-tonne pressing force and a fully automatic 18-second compaction cycle, the LFA DC also supports efficient drum processing throughout the working day.

The change addresses the source of the expense: the amount of vehicle space each empty drum occupies. More drums per load means fewer journeys to move the same quantity, giving the customer the potential to reduce waste transport costs by 80%.

For this business, drum compaction provides a practical route to lower transport expenditure and better use of available load space.

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