TOUR EIFFEL
Eiffel Tower’s 10 Containers Replaced by Two Bramidan Balers
Two Bramidan balers compact cardboard waste in limited space at the Eiffel Tower. Bramidan machinery keeps this renowned tourist attraction clean, tidy, and efficient.
From Challenges
Challenges
- Restricted space
- Low ceiling
- Large-scale need
To Benefits
Benefits
- No need for storage containers
- Bales are easy to stack and store
- Low profile, small footprint baler
With Bramidan
Selected solution
Vertical Balers
Baler X25
Space-saving, streamlining and efficiency
Large-scale need
The Eiffel Tower is unusual because it is immense but vertical. The horizontal space is very limited.
Visitors are the justification for its existence, and storage is incompatible with its almost lace-like structure. More than 6.5 million people visit it and its restaurants and shops each year. The Tower boasts cuisine and all kinds of souvenirs.
Visitors are the justification for its existence, and storage is incompatible with its almost lace-like structure. More than 6.5 million people visit it and its restaurants and shops each year. The Tower boasts cuisine and all kinds of souvenirs.
Waste collections every day
Restricted space
Until late 2009 waste disposal involved sorting waste and shredding paper, cardboard and plastic, which were then stored in 175 gallon containers. This required major storage capacity and gradually became unmanageable, even with waste collections every morning.
Problems included overflow, lack of space (no more containers could be added), a slow, inefficient, often overloaded process and complaints from occupants.
Problems included overflow, lack of space (no more containers could be added), a slow, inefficient, often overloaded process and complaints from occupants.
One bale replaces 10 containers
Low profile, small footprint baler
SETE expanded the waste collection area at the foot of the tower, but the 6.9-foot ceiling was a challenge. Only Bramidan was able to offer efficient, user-friendly machines that could be installed here. Thanks to the trust built over ten years of partnership with Bramidan’s distributor Axiome, two X25 HD balers were chosen. They were perfect for the task.
The two balers now compact one ton of cardboard and 880 lbs of plastic each week, saving space: a 660 lbs baler replaces ten bins. They have only one control button and are extremely easy to use. The waste is collected as needed – two bales at a time – instead of daily collections. The balers not only solve all problems but also provide efficient waste management. For every 160 stones of compressed paper sold for $40, SETE saves the $175 it used to pay daily for bin collection.
In conclusion, SETE’s waste management solution from Bramidan meets all expectations, especially the primary need: space saving. The tower’s employees are very satisfied with SETE’s solution.
The two balers now compact one ton of cardboard and 880 lbs of plastic each week, saving space: a 660 lbs baler replaces ten bins. They have only one control button and are extremely easy to use. The waste is collected as needed – two bales at a time – instead of daily collections. The balers not only solve all problems but also provide efficient waste management. For every 160 stones of compressed paper sold for $40, SETE saves the $175 it used to pay daily for bin collection.
In conclusion, SETE’s waste management solution from Bramidan meets all expectations, especially the primary need: space saving. The tower’s employees are very satisfied with SETE’s solution.
Waste is collected on demand – two bales at a time – instead of daily collections.
Purchase Manager
Paris
FACTS ABOUT
TOUR EIFFEL
The Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel is a mixed ownership company. 60% of it is owned by Paris City Council.
Since 2005 it has maintained the Eiffel Tower, provided quality service and visitor safety, continually improved visitor care, appraised and carried out renovations, modernized public areas and added to the Tower’s prestige and Paris’s reputation as a capital of tourism and culture. Its turnover is 59.5 million euros, and its annual operating result 1.5 million euros. More than 500 people work at the Tower, almost half employed by SETE. The other half work for franchise holders and public services.
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