An OCC Bale is a highly compressed, industrial-sized block of recycled cardboard, typically created by a machine called a baler. Instead of dealing with loose, bulky boxes that take up massive amounts of space, businesses use these machines to crush the material under intense pressure, securing the resulting cube with heavy-duty wire or plastic strapping. These bales usually weigh anywhere from 800 to 1,500 pounds, making them dense enough to be efficiently stacked, loaded onto semi-trucks, and sold to paper mills. By transforming “waste” into a standardized commodity, OCC bales turn a logistical headache into a streamlined resource for manufacturing new paper products. Let Greene recycling service all your bale pick up needs!
