Waste Management, Inc. (WM) recently announced the launch of their new SmartEnergy Compactor. Designed to reduce electricity consumption by as much as 70 percent versus traditional compactors, the new machine results in lower operating costs and a lower carbon footprint for customers. Each SmartEnergy compactor comes equipped with WM’s Compactor Monitoring Service (CMS), which enables the company to optimize the servicing of customers’ compactors, eliminating the costs and inconvenience of unnecessary pickups while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Specialists monitor customer compactors remotely and use proprietary hardware and software to maximize the efficiency and value of each collection. According to WM, this service effectively removes the burden of monitoring compactors from the customers who use them, allowing them to concentrate on running their businesses.
Another energy-saving feature of the SmartEnergy Compactor is the chargebox fullness indicator, which encourages users to run cycles only when needed, thereby reducing their electricity usage and carbon footprint. In addition to these energy-saving features, WM says their new solution provides compaction performance and cycle times equal to traditional compactors.
The SmartEnergy compactor’s electronic controls are powered with solar energy provided by Big Belly Solar, while the compactor motor is traditionally powered. Furthermore, the SmartEnergy Compactor is equipped with constant AC-powered backup so that if the battery doesn’t have the maximum solar charge, customers can always run a cycle while the battery recovers.
