40 TPH materials recovery facility (MRF) opened in San Jose
Municipal solid waste company GreenWaste Recovery has opened a new materials recovery facility (MRF) at the company’s San Jose facility, California. The MRF was designed, manufactured and installed by Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), and will process both commercial and residential Single Stream recyclables at rates in excess of 40 tons per hour (tph). Designed for a 95% recovery rate of plastics, metals, cardboard, paper and glass, the installed system uses BHS’ screen, Nihot air and NRT optical technologies. The technology package includes a BHS Bag Breaker® to open bags from commercial sources without damaging commodities, a Nihot Single Drum Separator to recover glass, BHS’ 144” wide adjustable-angle screens with rear access, and NRT Pet Boost® to maximise the recovery of wet and thin-walled PET plastics. The system is also designed to recover plastic bags using air and anti-wrap screen technologies. Frank Weigel, COO of GreenWaste Recovery, said: “This system is another step forward as we continue to increase landfill diversion rates, striving towards a goal of zero waste.” Steve Miller, CEO of BHS, said: “Glass and plastic bags have been troublesome for some operators to process. With this equipment, GreenWaste Recovery will be able to capture these materials at high volumes and uptime for years to come.” ### Read more 35 tph material recycling facility opened in York, PA 330,000 TPA material recycling facility open in Sun Valley, California BHS installs 30,000 tpa material recycling facility in Bakersfield, California