Restaurants

Orwak has been helping restaurants compact waste and bale recyclables for over 45 years.

Since the early 1980's Orwak North America have been helping restaurants manage trash using small footprint compactors and balers.

The Top 6 Reasons Why Restaurants Choose Orwak

Orwak compactors and balers...
  1. Decrease the amount of time staff is needed to manage trash
  2. Create more space in storage areas and small back rooms
  3. Decrease waste volume and produce small, manageable bales of recycled material
  4. Maintain a clean and inviting environment for customers and staff members
  5. Increase night staff safety by keeping waste indoors until the morning shift
  6. Turn recycled material from a cost to a source of income
6 Reasons Why Every Restaurant Should Have a Cardboard Baler

Most Popular Orwak Solutions for Restaurants

Orwak Compact
​Cardboard/Plastic Baler

  • Requires little space, yet provides effective volume reduction
  • Easy-to-handle light weight bales
  • The best choice for small to medium sized volumes of cardboard and plastic

Orwak Flex
Trash Compactor

  • Versatile compaction for many different applications
  • Hygienic and safe compaction and disposal of mixed or hazardous waste
  • Special solutions for special needs

Tom Trash Compactor
​for Public Spaces

  • Less bag switches means more productive use of time and space
  • Hygenic and convenient waste handling
  • Contributes to a tidy environment
  • Broad placement options; a stand-alone unit or built into a wall
  • Enables billboard style advertising
  • TOM wraps can be customized to stand out or fit in!

Restaurant Success Stories

With Cost Savings Like This, TGI Fridays Could Shout Out TGFOB! (Thank God for Orwak Balers)
Strategic Restaurant Group (SRG), owner of several TGI Friday’s® restaurants in Florida, Pennsylvania and New York, was faced with a common dilemma shared by many successful restaurants - high customer turnover means more waste.  SRG was looking for a solution that would increase efficiency, reduce removal costs and build on the company’s sustainability efforts. Thank God they found Orwak balers and compactors.
The Secret’s Out – TOM Takes Center Stage and Wins Over Restaurant Owners Everywhere
Restaurant owners are quickly learning that TOM trash compactors are one of the hardest working and most reliable members of the team. TOMs are happy to work long days and the late shift.  TOMs do not evoke images of mouth-watering, mind-bending culinary masterpieces, but if you’re a restaurant owner, they do create excitement. Why? Because they offer solutions to a part of the business that generally isn't quite so glamorous.
What Operates Like New and Requires No Maintenance for Over a Decade? Answer: A Small Footprint, Orwak Cardboard Baler
This New York McDonalds has been baling cardboard for over a decade. They simply bale the cardboard and wait for bales to be picked up for free. No other costs. No maintenance on Orwak Baler ever.

Customer Testimonials

"I wish all our equipment was built as good as our Orwak baler."

- Peter Miller, Franchise Owner, McDonald's
“Before we got TOM, I always had to schedule two bussers for the late night shift. One of them was dedicated to handling the garbage. Now that TOM handles the garbage, I just need one busser.”

- Robert Anderson, General Manager, Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken
“In addition to the cost savings, our employees can now spend more time serving customers.  During our busiest times, our employees can compact waste instead of carrying it outside.  We estimate that on each shift, we’ve gained back 40 minutes of time that our team would have spent moving trash and cardboard outside. It has also lead to a safer work environment for our night shift employees.”

- Steve Grossman, Owner for TGI Friday Locations in Florida, Pennsylvania and New York