SCALING UP IN NEW ENGLAND
Connecticut-based USA Hauling & Recycling has worked with Machinex Technologies to boost its automated C&D materials sorting capacity.
By: Brian Taylor
The commonwealth of Massachusetts has taken as much action as any other state to encourage higher-volume recycling of C&D materials by placing a landfill ban on some of the most commonly generated C&D materials.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), a disposal ban on asphalt pavement, brick, concrete, metal and wood took effect in mid-2006. Five years later in mid-2011, the ban was extended to include clean gypsum wallboard.
Enfield, Connecticut-based USA Hauling & Recycling operates throughout New England, including Massachusetts, and its Director of Post-Collection Operations Jonathan Murray acknowledges the DEP waste bans play a role in how the company handles C&D materials.
Murray adds, however, “Sustainability is at the core of all of USA’s operations, and we strive to divert as many materials from disposal as possible. If a material can be recycled or reused, we want to prevent it from ending up in a landfill.”
That combination of factors is why USA Hauling & Recycling recently invested heavily to put in place an enhanced sorting system at its facility in Wilbraham, Massachusetts....
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