Can Crusher / Milk Bottle Crusher
MODEL 2250
SOLD OUT. Sorry we are sold out for a while. Please have a look at the big brother, model 5000.
A beautiful, stainless steel can crusher and plastic bottle crusher for commercial kitchens, homes and workplaces
- Crush plastic bottles up to the US half gallon jug, 2.25 L soda bottles, or the UK four pint milk carton [we have crushed larger volume containers but it depends on the dimensions of each container]
- Aluminum drink can crusher
- Small steel food can crusher, horizontally in two steps
- Any small cardboard box you can fit into the crush chamber
SOLD OUT. SORRY NO STOCK INTO 2024.
UNITED STATES
mainland only
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Dominican Rep
CANADA
United Kingdom and EU
SOUTH AFRICA
India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
MEXICO
*** Price covers shipping costs ***
Excellent size reduction for the typical:
– HDPE plastic half gallon / four pint / 2L milk carton
– PET plastic water bottle
– PET plastic soda bottle, and
– drink can
If you just need a soda can / beer can crusher, the 2250 is overengineered and built to last many years.
If you need to crush milk cartons, water bottles, juice bottles, this is the world’s strongest in this size range.
Built
In grade 304 (18/10) stainless steel. It weighs 15 lb, 7 kg, out of the box.
No mild steel used, no plastic, this a fully stainless steel crusher.
Space required to use the 2250 crusher
Height, from top to bottom of the handle swing – 43 inches, 110cm
Width – 8.5 inches, 22cm
Off the wall – body of the crusher at rest – 7.5 inches, 19cm
Off the wall – handle at right angle to the wall – 24 inches, 60cm
Crush force
The crush force changes as you pull the handle down through its swing. We have measured a peak crush force of 1100 lb, 500 kg, at points in that swing. It will depend on the weight and force you apply to the handle
Volume reduction
If you are looking at a 64 gallon garbage can [240L wheelie bin] full of half gallon milk jugs [or four pint milk cartons, or 2L milk bottles] before crushing, you should expect to fit more than three of those garbage cans into one garbage can after crushing.
If the same garbage can is full of 20 oz soft drink cans, you should expect to fit 10 x garbage cans of uncrushed soft drink cans into one garbage can after crushing
If you have mixed waste – cans and plastic bottles – expect to fit four to five garbage cans of uncrushed waste into one garbage can after crushing.
Do I need to exert a lot of force to crush a can or bottle?
You need to exert some force
It is not a lot of force as 6 year old children can use the crusher, and enjoy it
The crusher is designed to magnify the weight you put on the swing of the handle
How to crush a plastic bottle
Plastic memory is very strong, so the plastic bottle will try to spring back to its original shape after crushing
If you tighten the cap on the bottle, after crushing, a vacuum is formed and the plastic will hold its crushed shape indefinitely
The bottom plate on a model 2250 crusher has a cap hole to allow you to put the cap of the bottle through the hole
Once you swing the handle and crush the plastic, you may screw the cap tight, underneath the bottom plate
What is the difference between the model 2250 crusher and the 5000?
The model 5000 is larger and heavier than the 2250, and crushes plastics up to one gallon or 5 L in size
The model 2250 crushes plastic bottles upside down, whereas the 5000 crushes them standing upright
Will it crush the 3 litre milk bottle or the UK 6 pint milk carton?
Both of these plastic containers are rectangular in shape and do not crush very well
The carton handle collapses in a way that makes the crush less effective than for a square or round container
After crushing, the 3 litre bottle / 6 pint carton tends to reinflate to half its original volume
If your kitchen uses many of these containers each day, our Safety Baler 6000 will give great volume reduction
Inventory
Ships from Nevada only.