Dive Summary:
- Recycling and waste management company Grand Central Recycling and Transfer has started to use new MRF equipment from Bollegraaf that will enable it to process a variety of waste streams at the same time.
- The plant will process and separate up to 700 tons per day of different materials including residential, dirty and dry commercial and multifamily municipal solid waste on the same line.
- The waste firm was looking to maximize diversion rates so it could cease manual sorting and is now capable of processing larger volumes of recyclables without having to pay for additional labor.
From the article:
“For a growing private hauling company like us, this unique multi-material system provides great opportunities. We now can process most waste streams that we currently collect on our trucks and become less dependent on the rising cost of landfill disposal fees,” says Dave Perez, CEO of Grand Central.
Pete Perez, general manager of GCR, adds, “Our new system enables us to reclaim considerable amounts of previously untouched recyclables, while the size reduction and mechanical separation components help to prepare and protect our sorting staff. Titech sensor-based sorting technology enables us to adjust and monitor our output quality to meet the strict ‘Green Fence’ imposed quality standards.”