GROENRIJK-GARDEN-CENTRE
Garden Centre saves 1400 euro annually with a baler
A B20 baler displaces the need for containers to store the waste at Groenrijk Garden Centre. That means 1400 euro annual savings on container rentals – and the baler investment pays itself off in just five years.
Vanuit uitdagingen
Uitdagingen
- Outdoor solution problematic
- Enormous quantities of packaging
- Many users of equipment
Naar voordelen
Voordelen
- Significant savings on container rentals
- Fast investment turnover
- Clean and tidy facilities
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Balenpers B20
Baler keeps Groenrijk Garden Centre neat and tidy
Clean and tidy facilities
At the Groenrijk Garden Centre in Zuidoostbeemster business never stops. The garden centre covers an area of one and a half hectares, divided up between greenhouses and open space.
“We sell all sorts of articles for outside and inside the home,” explains Gert Jan Waterhout, the garden centre’s owner and manager. The centre attracts around a hundred thousand customers a year, who come to buy indoor and outdoor plants and flowers, pet supplies, stone, gravel, novelty and Christmas gifts, as well as furniture.
This means a correspondingly high volume of packaging materials. Mr Waterhout says; “Goods from China, in particular, often have three layers of packaging covering them. Each week we have between five and ten cubic metres of cardboard and two cubic metres of plastics. We used to dispose of all that in two containers. What did not fit, was stacked next to the containers – but of course, with just a bit of wind, it got blown all over the place. I wanted to get rid of this rubbish!”
“We sell all sorts of articles for outside and inside the home,” explains Gert Jan Waterhout, the garden centre’s owner and manager. The centre attracts around a hundred thousand customers a year, who come to buy indoor and outdoor plants and flowers, pet supplies, stone, gravel, novelty and Christmas gifts, as well as furniture.
This means a correspondingly high volume of packaging materials. Mr Waterhout says; “Goods from China, in particular, often have three layers of packaging covering them. Each week we have between five and ten cubic metres of cardboard and two cubic metres of plastics. We used to dispose of all that in two containers. What did not fit, was stacked next to the containers – but of course, with just a bit of wind, it got blown all over the place. I wanted to get rid of this rubbish!”
No loose waste is put outside anymore
Outdoor solution problematic
Mr Waterhout had already heard a bit about balers. He did some research on the Internet, asked for a few quotes, and finally selected the Bramidan B20, a really powerful machine. After about six weeks he and the cleaning staff, as well as the other employees, were very satisfied.
The B20 is located in the warehouse and all cardboard is immediately put into it. Plastic is first collected in big bags and then later compacted into bales. No loose waste goes outside anymore. For customers ordering garden furniture it’s a blessing that the Groenrijk Garden Centre takes away the enormous quantities of packaging – this also disappears into the B20.
The B20 is located in the warehouse and all cardboard is immediately put into it. Plastic is first collected in big bags and then later compacted into bales. No loose waste goes outside anymore. For customers ordering garden furniture it’s a blessing that the Groenrijk Garden Centre takes away the enormous quantities of packaging – this also disappears into the B20.
A baler with a nickname
Significant savings on container rentals
Mr Waterhout takes the bales of used paper and plastic on the back of his lorry to the recycling company, which is located nearby. He is not sure yet what price he will get for these – but at least the 1400 euros which he will save per year in container hire, will go back into his pocket. The machine has paid itself within five years.
As Mr Waterhout puts it: “It seems to me it couldn’t be any easier!” As a curiosity the baler at the Groenrijk Garden Centre has a name. The machine has been christened Herman Herman, after the cleaner who operates the machine and says every word twice. Mr Waterhout says: “Herman thinks it’s a great machine and is enormously proud that it has been named after him. He has no problem at all operating it. It simply can’t go wrong. And most important, it has a nice yellow color!”
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GROENRIJK-GARDEN-CENTRE
The garden centre, which is part of a franchise, is located on the outskirts of Zuidoostbeemster in Holland. The company was established in 1963 and sells all possible sorts of items for outside and inside the home. The departments are arranged into home (interior), home (exterior), ambience, pets, aquatics and garden furniture. The company has 14 employees.
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