Advance Disposal reopens MSW MRF in California

Advance Disposal Co. Inc., a privately owned hauler and MRF operator based in Hesperia, California, has reopened its newly upgraded MSW MRF (municipal solid waste material recovery facility). The CP Group, San Diego, redesigned the facility and supplied the equipment to the plant, which had a grand opening in late May. 

 

Advance Disposal’s facility had previously used a 21-year-old sorting system, which handled 20 tons per hour (TPH), but the new CP system allows the company to process 50 TPH. The MRF now operates one extended shift instead of two shifts because of the increased throughput, according to the CP Group.  

 

“Twenty years ago, Advance Disposal constructed one of the first mixed material processing MRFs in California,” says Sheila Bath, president of Advance Disposal. “When we needed to upgrade, we turned to CP Group because of their experience in mixed waste processing and ability to integrate the new equipment into our existing system and floor space.”

 

Bath adds, “They did a fine job of planning the installation so that we were able to continue operations with a minimum of down time.”

 

CP Group says it decommissioned the old equipment, which included an infeed conveyor and shaker screen, while leaving the sort station to be reused in the new system. Advance Disposal operated the existing system while the new machinery was being installed. Shutdowns were kept to a minimum by virtue of the two companies’ cooperation. The CP Group handled design and strategic project planning, while Advance Disposal prepared a transitional operations plan. 

 

The MRF’s new equipment includes a CP metering drum, CP trommels, overbelt magnets, a CP scalping screen, a CP glassbreaker screen, two CP screens with cam-disc screening technology, an eddy-current separator and a fines trommel. 

 

Josh Wagner, CP project manager, says, “Advance Disposal is a leader in MSW processing and are forward thinkers when it comes to efficiently utilizing the products obtained from the CP System. They are strong in their end user niche and continuously evolving their business model.” 

 

Advance Disposal serves residents and businesses in Hesperia, Oak Hills and Spring Valley Lake, California, as well as the unincorporated Apple Valley.  

 

The CP Group engineers, manufactures and installs MRFs worldwide, including custom turnkey systems for residential recycling, commercial and industrial recycling, municipal solid waste recycling, engineered fuel, construction and demolition recycling and electronic scrap processing.