CARDBOARD COMPACTORS
Experience unmatched efficiency, durability, and environmental responsibility with Kenburn’s quality range. A cardboard compactor seamlessly integrates into your waste management process, reducing costs and enhancing sustainability.
Welcome to our range of cardboard compactors, where efficiency meets sustainability in waste management. At Kenburn, our aim is to cater to diverse business needs, from compact models for small-scale operations to high-capacity machines for larger enterprises.
Each cardboard compactor is engineered to compress and compact waste, transforming bulky boxes, ready for recycling.
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- Huge loading aperture
- Bin with pendulum roof for trouble-free emptying
- High compaction force due to linear arrangement of cylinders
- Press plate guiding system with 100% compaction force over the full stroke length
- Laterally fastened door with 3 central locks via easy-to-serve ratchet catch
- Pendulum claws on the break edge and the large immersion depth of the compacting piston avoid that the waste streams backwards
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Kenburn Select KS200 Static Compactor
View MoreMachine Weight 2100 kg
Charge Box Length 1050 mm
Charge Box Width 1500 mm
1 YR Warranty
- Charge box length: 1050mm x height: 1500mm,
- Cycle time of 37 seconds
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Kenburn Select KS250 Static Compactor
View MoreMachine Weight 3400 kg
Charge Box Length 1250 mm
Charge Box Width 1500 mm
1 YR Warranty
- Charge box length: 1250mm x height: 1500mm,
- Cycle time of 37 seconds
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Kenburn Select KS300 Static Compactor
View MoreMachine Weight 3700 kg
Charge Box Length 1500 mm
Charge Box Width 1500 mm
1 YR Warranty
- Cycle time of 38 seconds
- Charge box length: 1500mm x height: 1500mm
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Kenburn Select KS400 Static Compactor
View MoreMachine Weight 2100 kg
Charge Box Length 1900 mm
Charge Box Width 1500 mm
1 YR Warranty
- Available as either single or twin ram configuration
- Cycle time of 38 seconds, or 48 secs for the twin ram
- Charge box length: 1500mm x height: 1900mm
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Benefits of a Cardboard Compactor
A cardboard compactor takes the bulkiest waste most businesses produce and crushes it down to a fraction of its size. Instead of loose cardboard filling bins, cages and yard space, a compactor presses it into dense, easy-to-handle loads. This means you store less, pay for fewer collections and keep your recycling clean and ready to process.
The savings are straightforward. If your business handles a steady flow of boxes and packaging, in retail, warehousing, distribution or manufacturing, cardboard quickly eats space and drives up collection costs. Waste compactors can reduce cardboard volume by up to 90%, which means fewer bins, fewer collections and a smaller waste bill every month.
Kenburn supplies cardboard compactors to buy, hire or lease, from compact machines for smaller premises to industrial-grade compactors built for continuous, high-volume use. We’ve been matching businesses to the right machine since 1987, with more than 4,000 installed across the UK, and every compactor is backed by our own servicing and support team. Not sure which size you need? Tell us how much cardboard you handle and we’ll recommend the right machine.
Kenburn’s compactors are built to be used by anyone on your team, not just trained operators. Straightforward controls and automatic cycles mean most staff are confident after a single walkthrough, and every machine we supply has guarding and safety interlocks that meet UK standards.
There’s an environmental case as well as a financial one. Fewer collections means fewer lorry journeys to your site, and clean, compacted cardboard is exactly what recyclers want, so more of your waste is actually recycled instead of ending up in general waste. If customers or auditors ask about your sustainability numbers, a compactor gives you something measurable to point to.
The machine also tends to pay for itself. Waste collection is priced on volume and frequency, so cutting both cuts the bill from day one, and clean compacted cardboard can attract rebates from recyclers, turning a disposal cost into a small income.
Whatever your budget, there’s a route in: new and refurbished cardboard compactors to buy, hire options and finance available. Speak to the team and we’ll help you find the right machine.
Frequently Asked Questions
A cardboard compactor compresses loose cardboard into dense, compact loads, reducing its volume by a considerable amount. That means less storage space taken up by waste, fewer bins and far fewer collections, which is where the cost saving comes from.
Buying costs less over the life of the machine and suits businesses with steady, predictable cardboard volumes. Hiring spreads the cost, includes servicing and lets you upgrade if your volumes change. We offer new and refurbished machines to buy, plus hire and finance options, so the honest answer depends on your volumes and cash flow. Tell us both and we’ll recommend a route.
It depends on how much cardboard you produce each week and the space you have. As a rough guide, smaller retail sites are usually best with a compact machine, while warehouses and manufacturers with a constant flow need an industrial-grade compactor. Tell us how many bins or cages of cardboard you fill each week and we’ll size it for you.
It varies with size, whether you choose new or refurbished, and whether you buy or hire. Refurbished machines and hire agreements bring the entry cost right down. Rather than quote a misleading range, we’ll price the specific machine your volumes justify. Most businesses find the saving on collections offsets the cost faster than they expect.
Often, yes. Clean, compacted or baled cardboard has value to recyclers, and many businesses receive rebates that turn a disposal cost into a small income. How much depends on volume, quality and your collection arrangement, and we can advise on getting the best value from yours.
Yes. Machines we supply have guarding and safety interlocks that meet UK standards, and the controls are simple enough that most staff operate them confidently after a single walkthrough. No specialist operator is needed.
Yes. Kenburn has supplied and serviced waste machinery since 1987, with more than 4,000 machines installed across the UK, and our own engineers handle servicing, repairs and operator training. You’re not left chasing a third party when something needs attention.
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