Hobart and Astor set up a certified destruction program, through which the old scales were sent to a recycling center to be completely destroyed and recycled. Plastic and metal parts were sorted and repurposed for other uses, and in the end 10,800 scales were recycled, equaling 315 tons of recyclable material.
Both the customer and the ITW Food Equipment Group have been very pleased with the results of the “Trade In, Trade Up” program. The ITW Food Equipment Group and Hobart will look to offer the program to additional customers in 2018.