Cardboard Collections Reduced at Service Station Total

ARGEDIS-TOTAL

X25 HD Balers Save Argedis Time and Money

Argedis reduces cardboard waste collections with X25 HD balers, streamlining operations and improving cardboard pricing negotiations.

From Challenges

Challenges

Time spent on waste handling
Collection costs too high
Stock management important due to peak hours
Corporate environmental policy

To Benefits

Benefits

Reduced waste collections (6:1)
Better price for cardboard
Safe and clean facility
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With Bramidan

Machines chosen

Vertical Balers

Baler X25 HD

Stock management a key issue

Stock management important due to peak hours

Argedis, a subsidiary of the Group Total, is committed to a policy of excellence which aims to provide quality products and services to their customers, in an increasingly environment friendly scope.

“There are many challenges”, confirms site manager of Aire de Bures. “The station is open 24 hours a day, 360 days a year and we must continuously provide quality services in safe and clean surroundings”. Stock management is also a key issue as the gas station’s activity highly relies on peak hours and seasonal holiday departures. The volume of waste is therefore important on the very busy motorway that links Normandy to Paris.

Costly waste collections

Collection costs too high

Not so long ago a skip container was used to collect cardboard waste. The cost for removal was extremely high – up to $270 per collection. This equipment also occupied a large space which harmed the organization flow on the very limited business area.

Eventually, staff and customers were facing safety and hygiene problems which was in opposition to the qualitative and environmental approach expected by Argedis.

Collections divided by 6:1

Reduced waste collections (6:1)

Today, as on other sites, similar to Aire de Bures, the skip container has been replaced by a Bramidan full automatic door baler that has helped to cut down the number of collections from six to one. Each site has a waste deposit with a storage capacity of 8 bales equivalent to 4,400 lbs of recyclable cardboard. This significant volume now makes it possible for Argedis to negotiate the best price for its waste fragments.

Finally, the X25 HD baler which requires a very limited space on the ground is now installed in the warehouse, next to the store, reducing at the most the internal logistics. Equipped with a personalized security code, only authorized personnel are now able to use the press. Another safe solution from Bramidan.

We must continuously provide quality services in safe and clean surroundings.

Mr Aire de Bures

Site Manager, Argedis

FACTS ABOUT

ARGEDIS-TOTAL

Argedis is a 100% subsidiary of the french oil giant Total and is a leading company for fuel and catering services on motorways. Argedis supplies operational management to more than 157 service stations in France. The company employs 2800 employees and realizes a turnover of 350 million USD