V5 Small Plastic And Cardboard Compactor
















Available Variations
Recommended For businesses with a medium to high volume of cardboard or plastic waste.

IGA and Supa IGA Stores

Manufacturers

Restaurants

Hotels

Warehouses

Retail

Food and Beverage

Wholesales

Mine Sites
Benefits of the V5 Small Plastic And Cardboard Compactor
Specifications
- It’s ideal for businesses that have limited space as the unit has a similar footprint to a filing cabinet.
- Each unit has low power consumption, safe and easy operation with low noise levels.
- The V5 will compact all cardboard and plastic, creating up to 100kg bales.
- There will no longer be a requirement to double handle cardboard boxes for disposal. This will save staff time and improve health and safety.
- Extensively reduce the volume of bins needed while freeing up additional floor space
- Create extremely compact bales for easy transport
- All your cardboard and plastic waste can be contained in the one area
- Bale size: 700mm H (variable) x 500mm W x 500mm D
- Bale weight: 50–100 kg.
- Cycle time: 28 seconds .
- Compaction force: up to 5 tonnes.
- Dimensions: 2015mm H x 865mm W x 655mm D.
- Fill opening: 550mm W x 385mm H.
- Intergrated bale out unit.
- Machine weight: 340 kg.
- Power: single phase 220V 50 Hz 1.5 kW motor.
- Noise level: 70 dB.
- e-Power.
- EN 16,500 Compliant.
- IP54 Standards.
- PLC controller with automatic cycle.
Specifications
- Bale size: 700mm aH (variable) x 650mm W x 500mm Cycle time: 35 seconds
- Bale weight: 50–100 kg.
- Cycle time: 28 seconds .
- Compaction force: up to 5 tonnes.
- Dimensions: 2015mm H x 870mm W x 655mm D.
- Fill opening: 750mm W x 385mm H.
- Intergrated bale out unit.
- Machine weight: 340 kg.
- Power: single phase 220V 50 Hz 1.5 kW motor.
- Noise level: 70 dB.
- e-Power.
- EN 16,500 Compliant.
- IP54 Standards.
- PLC controller with automatic cycle.
V5 Small Plastic And Cardboard Compactor Details
The V5 Hydraulic Baler is one of our top sellers, perfectly designed for bustling kitchens and warehouses. Its sleek footprint allows for strategic indoor placements, bringing waste management right where it’s most efficient – close to the source. The V5 has a footprint similar to a standard residential wheelie bin! This model easily handles a range of materials, including cardboard, plastic, textile, and paper, catering to businesses with low to medium waste outputs. It’s the ideal choice for larger convenience stores, petrol stations, large hotels, restaurants, cafes, warehouses, and thriving retail outlets. With its straightforward operation, the V5 is particularly well-suited for businesses with a high turnover of staff or large teams, ensuring ease of use for everyone.
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FAQs for V5 Small Plastic and Cardboard Compactor
The V5 Small Plastic and Cardboard Compactor is part of Smart Waste’s Hydraulic Range of Vertical Balers, designed to compact cardboard and plastic into dense, manageable bales. It helps businesses improve waste management by reducing recyclable waste volume and making storage and collection more efficient.
The V5 Small Plastic and Cardboard Compactor is designed to process cardboard, plastic, and suitable recyclable materials. Compacting these materials helps businesses maintain organised recycling areas while supporting more efficient waste collection.
The V5 is suitable for businesses that regularly generate cardboard and plastic waste and require a reliable waste management solution to improve recycling, reduce storage space, and simplify waste handling.
The V5 helps reduce the volume of recyclable waste, improves workplace organisation, supports efficient waste collection, saves valuable storage space, and creates compact bales that are easier to handle and prepare for recycling.
The right waste management equipment depends on the type of recyclable materials generated, the amount of waste produced, and available installation space. Smart Waste can assess your requirements and recommend whether the V5 is the most suitable solution.
Before selecting a plastic and cardboard compactor, consider your recycling requirements, waste volumes, available floor space, and future operational needs. Smart Waste offers guidance to help businesses choose equipment that best suits their waste management objectives.
By compressing cardboard and plastic into compact bales, the V5 makes recyclable materials easier to store, transport, and prepare for collection while helping businesses maintain cleaner and more efficient recycling areas.
Yes. Smart Waste provides professional installation and commissioning services to ensure the V5 Small Plastic and Cardboard Compactor is installed correctly and ready for safe operation.
Yes. Smart Waste offers preventative maintenance, equipment servicing, repairs, spare parts, and technical support to help customers maintain reliable equipment performance throughout its working life.
Smart Waste offers both equipment purchases and rental options across its waste management equipment range. The team can help determine the most suitable option based on your operational requirements.
Smart Waste offers site assessments and expert guidance to help businesses compare waste management equipment and select the most suitable compactor based on waste type, recycling goals, and operational requirements.
Smart Waste provides a complete waste management solution, including equipment supply, professional installation, preventative maintenance, servicing, repairs, spare parts, technical support, and ongoing customer assistance to help maximise equipment performance.










