Now Seeking Transportation Partners!

Do you have a CDL license and flatbed truck 48′ or greater? If yes, let’s work together for a win-win! We’re currently seeking partnerships with reliable, professional drivers to help us transport our equipment throughout the United States.

Here are the important details:

TRUCK TYPE/WEIGHT: Job requires flatbed, step deck or conestoga trucks. Most loads don’t exceed 30,000 lbs.

DESTINATIONS: Throughout the U.S. (occasionally Canada).

FREQUENCY: Average 10 trucks per day.

REQUIREMENTS: Loads must be tarped. Drivers are required to pre-call 24 hours prior to arrival at delivery location.

A key part of successfully meeting the sky-rocketing demand for our products, is being able to quickly deliver the equipment when the customer needs it. We need you to help us make that happen. Let’s work together together to create a solution! You’ll provide reliable, professional transportation for us, and in turn you’ll receive consistent, steady work. PTR Baler and Compactor is a world leader in the waste equipment industry located in Philadelphia. We’re a 4th Generation, family-owned company. Our mission is to help companies achieve their green initiatives by reducing waste streams and increasing recycling efforts.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to grow with us for years to come! Contact us today at freight@ptrco.com.

-Eric Riethmiller, Owner & Vice President, PTR Baler and Compactor Company

Recycling Baler ROI

A recycling baler has a variety of benefits. It helps to keep facilities clean and free of hazardous debris. It reduces your company’s waste contribution and frequency of landfill hauls. The latter has a two-fold benefit, as it helps your company reach sustainability goals while also benefiting from those cost savings. Many haulers charge upwards of $300 every time they bull a container.

There’s another major benefit to consider when investing in a PTR Recycling baler: new revenue generation for your organization.

Your recycling baler turns what was once considered waste into a valuable recycling commodity. How valuable? Well, currently more than ever before. The demand and price of recycling materials, especially corrugated materials, is experiencing record highs this year.

Why is the cost continually increasing? “The need for boxes has been going up by 2 to 4 percent every single year because people love having stuff delivered to their door, and COVID has accelerated that,” (Recycling Today). We discussed this and more reasons for the increased demand in last month’s blog, “Industry Update: Cardboard Price Reaches New Heights”. You can read that full blog post here.

How much revenue can you expect to make with your recycling baler?

The number varies by how often you bale, the size of your machine, and the size of the bales it produces. Back in January of this year, “Plastics Recycling Update” published an article outlining the current value of recycling bales. From that article, they provide data from the SMP Index. These prices represent “what is being paid for post-consumer recyclable materials in a sorted, baled format, picked up at most major recycling centers.”

Here is the pricing information they compiled:

• The national average price of PET beverage bottles and jars moved up 16% this month and is currently at 7.58 cents per pound, compared with 6.55 cents per pound this time last month.

• The national average price of polypropylene surged upward this month and is now at 11.69 cents per pound, compared to 7.00 cents last month and 5.81 cents one year ago.

• The national average price of color HDPE is also up again. It is now trading at 17.19 cents per pound, up from 17.06 cents last month. This compares to a low 3.58 cents six months ago, in July 2020.

• The national average price of Grade A film is up 15%, now at 10.84 cents, compared with 9.44 cents per pound last month and 8.44 cents per pound this time last year. Grade B film is now 3.63 cents per pound, while Grade C film remains a low 0.81 cents per pound.

How soon after making your investment will you start seeing a return? On average, customers start seeing a return within the first 2 years of operation.

Investing in a PTR Recycling Baler is a smart move for your organization. You’ll enjoy the benefits of cost savings, the implementation of sustainability policies, and the creation of a new revenue stream. Contact PTR today to find the right equipment for your company!

PTR Solar Power: The Polaris Power System

Did you know PTR manufactures Solar Power equipment?

As an industry leader, we’re continually striving to leverage advancements in technology. Our Solar Power option provides an environmentally-friendly alternative to powering equipment. By utilizing energy from the sun, you’ll see significant savings with installation and operating costs.

Our model Polaris Power System solar power option enables your organization to take a critical step in becoming a universal green energy. If your company has “green” goals, this is a great way to get there! Solar Power helps protect our environment, as well as our economy as we move into a future.

The Polaris Power System provides a complete integrated solution of powering your waste equipment. It can be a stand-alone power source that requires NO external power. Or, it can be used as a hybrid energy option. With the latter option, you would need the support of an alternate 120 VAC charging configuration.

PRIMARY COMPONENTS

The primary components of the solar power option include:

• Two 42 volt PV Photovoltaic Solar Panels,Each rated at 350 Watt. This converts sunlight into DC for powering and charing the machine.

• 6KW inverter with built in AC charger and built in Solar MPPT charger.

• 48 VDC 120Ah Battery Pack. This stores energy potential for machine power.

• Auxiliary Power to run the compactor. There are 2 option here. The first requires the operator to install a 120VAC 30Amp power line. The second line provides a 100ft plug in cord that can be powered by an 15amp convenience outlet for supplemental charging.

Solar options are based on power requirements and intended use with consideration to frequency of use, number of cycles and recovery time to charge. First, we’ll determine the total power requirements of the machine and then size the capacity of the solar option with regard to the number of cycles.

The Polaris Power System includes an intuitive, easy to use touch screen to serve as the local HMI (Human Machine Interface). System health can be determined quickly and easily based on status conditions including Low Battery Level Alarm, Battery Voltage, Battery Temperature, and many more.

The solar option is usually provided as a factory option and mounted directly to the compactor. Note that if the solar option is provided as a hybrid option, you may need provision of a 120 VAC receptacle at 30 amps.

It’s important to consider that even partial shading of the PV panels can significantly hinder the system’s performance. Ensure that the panels will be completely exposed to sunlight to get optimal performance!

Pictured are the PTR Solar Power Self-Contained Compactor and Solar Power Vertical Compactor. There’s lots of in depth information available, so contact us to learn more or request to be sent a complete manual. 

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