Method and apparatus for disposing of packaging material

摘要

Plastic packaging material on a wrapped load is disposed of by applying a stream of air to a selected region of the packaging material on the load at a sufficient temperature, volume, and velocity and causing to weaken and the packaging material to be separated in the selected region, separating the plastic packaging material along the selected region and removing the plastic packaging material from the load. The invention may further include winding up the severed packaging material, and forming a rolled bale of packaging material removed from several loads.