From small facilities to large-scale plants, recyclers need durable, continuous-use equipment that efficiently handles varied materials, minimizes downtime, and maximizes throughput.
Engineered for maximum uptime with fewer moving parts. Handles a variety of materials including cardboard, wood, plastics, and foam efficiently for faster processing.
Compresses non-recyclable waste streams to reduce hauling frequency and lower disposal costs—ideal for mixed-material facilities.
Engineered to break down bulky materials before compaction or baling, pre-crushers improve processing efficiency and reduce equipment strain. Ideal for recycling operations handling pallets, crates, and oversized items.
Ideal for processing OCC, plastics, and metals in industrial environments. Engineered for reliable performance and available with
auto-tie options for continuous operation.
Perfect for smaller facilities, retail stores, and collection centers. Compact design delivers efficient baling without the footprint of industrial systems.
Designed to remove excess liquid from wet waste streams, dewatering systems reduce weight and disposal costs while improving material handling efficiency. Ideal for food waste, pulp, and other high-moisture applications in recycling operations.
Real-time IoT monitoring and analytics help you optimize performance and prevent costly downtime before it happens.
Scheduled maintenance programs extend equipment life, reduce unexpected failures, and lower repair costs.
Access genuine OEM parts and expert service to minimize repair time and restore productivity quickly.
Expand capacity or bridge short-term gaps with certified pre-owned equipment and flexible lease or rental solutions.
There’s more to recycling than diversion. Facilities need to recover usable materials and manage residuals efficiently to operate smarter, cleaner, and more profitably.
Recyclers are under pressure to turn mixed inputs into clean, marketable outputs. Komar equipment and systems help capture and compress the materials buyers want with consistent quality and throughput.
For disposal‑focused operations, volume reduction before landfill is the priority. Break down items that can’t be recovered and compact residuals to cut hauling frequency and lower disposal costs.
Collecting material is only part of the picture. Sorting with precision, reducing volume, and producing clean, consolidated outputs from recoverable streams—and minimizing what’s sent to landfill—are what drive value.
Komar designs reliable, scalable equipment that helps facilities of all sizes work faster, recover more from every pound of material, and reduce residual waste.
“Our facility is a 110,000-square-foot operations center for Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania. We get between 1.2 to 1.5 million pounds of material a day, and tonnage increases significantly during the summer. The Komar auger has increased daily soft trash, wood pallets, and general trash efficiency by 30% and 40% with furniture. I love to give shock-and-awe tours to show off the Komar auger, which compacts 8.5 to 9 tons into each payload.”
Bob Kagle, Director of Retail Logistics, Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania
“Since installing our Komar auger, we have improved our operations tremendously. The auger units have reduced labor from six people down to one person, who oversees the conveyor lines and compactors. We have gone from a 2-ton payload to a 10-ton-plus payload, per 40-yard container, reducing our annual pull charges by over 75%. We have less downtime and have eliminated jams due to the slow operation of the old compactors. Best of all, we had less than a one-year return on investment.”
John Hefty, Operations Manager, GameStop
“We estimate that the Komar auger has saved us 1,300 hours of labor per year, has reduced our hauling cost by two-thirds, and has given La-Z-Boy a safer process and more floor space.”
Troy Kvingedal, Facilities Supervisor, La-Z-Boy
“Our disposal costs have dropped, which at least covers the cost of the compactors. Aside from the monetary aspect, the compactors allow the stores to be considerably cleaner. Cleanup at night is much easier because we have no trash cluttering up the back room of the store. All in all, we are very pleased with the compactors.”
Doug Gehrig, CEO, McDonald’s of Southwest Louisiana
For facilities processing large volumes of materials, such as cardboard, plastics, and metals, a horizontal auto-tie or two ram baler delivers the greatest value with better throughput, more consistent bales, and less manual intervention.
Our organic separation and dewatering systems are designed to minimize or entirely eliminate contaminants in packaging and food waste, leaving you with cleaner materials.
Augers are built for continuous compaction with fewer moving parts, making them perfect for challenging materials like wood and other bulky recyclables that need to be condensed prior to baling.
Vertical balers perform best with single-stream materials like cardboard or plastic film, and aren’t intended for mixed or contaminated loads.
Dewatering machines remove liquids from packaging and food waste, improving recyclability and reducing the weight of landfill-bound materials.
From conveyors feeding into balers or shredders upstream of your sort line, Komar systems are designed to work with the infrastructure you already have, without replacing large parts of your operations.
Most recycling operations see full ROI within 18 to 24 months, depending on material volume and labor savings.
Absolutely. Our horizontal balers and augers are ideal for breaking down foam for densification or efficient disposal.
We generally recommend keeping those streams separate to avoid cross-contamination. That said, we offer solutions for both and can customize them based on your facility layout and workflow.
We are a waste solutions company. With a wide array of application-specific models and advanced engineering capabilities, we look forward to guiding you to the best solution for the job.
Schedule a free waste stream evaluation to identify the right equipment and processes for your space, waste types, and volume.
