Apr 19, 2007 12:00 PM

Slideshow: Green Dream: Shrink-Wrapped Trash

credit Photo: TransLoad AmericaTransLoad America’s baling technology first compresses one to seven tons of garbage into a cylindrical bale. credit Photo: TransLoad AmericaThe bales can be stored indefinitely without leakage or foul odors. credit Photo: TransLoad AmericaThe bales can be transferred to a loading station for transportation by rail. credit Photo: TransLoad AmericaVoila! A giant […]

credit Photo: TransLoad America

TransLoad America’s baling technology first compresses one to seven tons of garbage into a cylindrical bale.

credit Photo: TransLoad America
The bales can be stored indefinitely without leakage or foul odors.

credit Photo: TransLoad America
The bales can be transferred to a loading station for transportation by rail.

credit Photo: TransLoad America
Voila! A giant bundle of shrink-wrapped trash.

credit Photo: TransLoad America
Side and end views of a speed-baling facility.

credit Photo: TransLoad America
Hermetically sealed bales of waste are stacked in neat piles.

credit Photo: TransLoad America

A model of TransLoad America’s patented waste-baling technology.

credit Photo: TransLoad America
Waste goes in one end, bales come out the other.

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