To recycle or not to recycle, that is the question. I am certainly not a poet, but many companies struggle with this decision. The question, of course, is to purchase a scrubber that recycles its water, or not.

    So you say to yourself, that's a great idea, I recycle at home already. You know, the usual; pop cans, paper and plastics. Why not a scrubber?

    So in this segment this is exactly what we're going to discuss, the pros and cons of these systems.

    First of all, let's us talk about how a standard system operates. A standard scrubber, be it a walk-behind or a rider machine has two tanks:

                        1. The solution tank or clean water tank and

                        2. The recovery tank or dirty water tank.

    As you are filling the solution tank with water, most people add the soap solution: approximately five (5) gallons per 100 gallon tank for a rider scrubber and approximately 1-2 gallons for a walk-behind scrubber.

    Tennant calls their system, solution recycling or SRS first was introduced in the mid

1980's. The model at that time was the 527 which became the 527SRS and the 550 now 550 SRS.

    As for their walk-behind it was at that time the Model 432, which became the 432 ES or Extended Scrub. Today it is the Model 5700 ES, a very good scrubber by the way.

    As for the Clarke/American Lincoln it followed suit with its own system, except they called theirs the "Camel System." The Model 7000 SS became the 7000 ss/Camel. The 7700/Camel became the 7760/camel. The models ATS46/53 also have the camel system available. How does this system work?