New Cost-Saving Products at Air Cycle Corporation: Smash-It™ Compactors

For years Air Cycle has saved facilities money with the lamp-crushing Bulb Eater^®. We are now proud to add yet another cost-saving machine to the Air Cycle family: Smash-It™ compactors.

Reduce Costs, Compact Waste

Smash-It™ compactors compress waste into a 55-gallon drums or gaylord boxes. Smash-It™ can compact many types of waste, saving on disposal costs and required space. In fact, most Smash-It™ users find that the machines pay for themselves after 3-6 months!

The Pneumatic In-Drum Compactor
	Compacts waste to as low as 20% of original size Compacts waste in any standard 55 gallon drum Saves money on waste disposal vs. uncompacted waste Cuts needed waste storage space by up to 80% Click here to learn more

Facilities everywhere are turning to crushing lamps with Bulb Eater^® for their bulb disposal needs. Crushing saves money, time, and space over other bulb recycling solutions.

The Mercury Problem
While compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are gradually finding their way into homes, fluorescent lighting has long been the choice of school and hospital facilities that want to cut energy costs and reduce their impact on the environment. The fluorescent switch makes perfect sense: changing to fluorescent lighting cuts energy usage for buildings by up to 75%, saving money and cutting pollution from power plant carbon emissions.

But there is a small tradeoff for the energy and cost savings resulting from fluorescent lighting. Inside each fluorescent bulb there is a small amount of mercury, a toxic element that can adversely affect human and environmental health if released into the air or water table. When fluorescent bulbs are in use they are perfectly safe- no mercury is released when the lights are on or off in a building. The risk for mercury pollution starts when the bulbs break, and this usually happens during their disposal...

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