In general, one of the waste management centers’ biggest problems is the upkeep and renewing of their machinery. When a compactor can no longer do its job, finding the budget for a new one isn’t easy. The second struggle is to decide what to do with the old machine. Tana has created the Tana Second Life program to solve both issues once and for all.

Reno-Vest Bremnes, a waste management centre in Vesterålen, Norway, is owned by six municipalities. The landfill receives a relatively small amount of waste, meaning the need was for a compact and cost-efficient landfill compactor.

They initially considered investing in a new machine but soon discovered an alternative from Tana that fit their needs better, replacing their older compactor.

As a result in early 2025, Reno-Vest received a fully rebuilt 2006 TANA G260 landfill compactor. The machine had gone through the entire rebuild process.

– After the rebuild, the machine will be technically comparable to a new machine, explains Anu Söderena, Manager of Nordics & Baltics at Tana.

Tana’s experience with Nordic conditions as a Finnish company provided additional reassurance for Øystein Gremstad, Managing Director at Reno-Vest Bremnes.

– The Finns know what kind of climate we have. They told us that the machine would hold up even in the winter, in the strong wind and harsh weather we have here.

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