The SRS shredding system is designed to shed pails into strips 1"x10" long or smaller. It will shred plastic or metal pails by utilizing a series of slow speed rotating cutting blades. The pails of sizes 5 gallons or smaller must be fed one at a time into a hopper so they land vertically onto the cutter blade, smaller pails may be inserted the 5 gallon pails provided they do not extend the length of the 5 gallon container which may prevent the pail from turning up vertically in the hopper.

As the pails are shredded a counter will shut down the system when the set-point is reached. If selected a wash cycle will begin and on completion, alert the operator when the basket is ready to be ejected and emptied and the procedure repeated.

A heated caustic solution is used to remove oils and grease from the plastic or metal strips. The fluid is circulated through the wash tank and returned to the caustic tank on completion of the cycle.