Adams Scrap Recycling Expands

Adams Scrap Recycling LLC, a scrap metal recycler based in Greenville, S.C., has announced plans to expand its operations. The expansion is expected to cost around $3.2 million and will create 50 new jobs.

“We are truly excited about expanding our recycling operations and offering more services to our customers,” says Rajesh Desor, general manager of Adams Scrap Recycling. “South Carolina and Greenville County have provided an excellent home for our business, and we look forward to becoming the Upstate’s leading one-stop recycling facility.”

Under the expansion plan, Adams Scrap Recycling will purchase property adjacent to its current location, more than doubling the physical footprint of the operation. The company already has added a portable car logger, an Envirorack to dispose of hazardous fluids in vehicles, and trucks and trailers to increase efficiency. Rail access also will be added to the additional property.

The company has purchased a baler and is set to pour cement for the concrete pad at the facility. Desor says the company expects the additional equipment operational by the end of 2012. The company expects to use its existing facility for processing fiber material while the new facility, which is about five acres, will focus on ferrous and nonferrous metals.

The company was organized in late 2009. Rodney Adams organized Adams Scrap in October 2009 and Kamal Desor became a partner in the business in January 2011.

According to a news release issued by the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the Desors consider their expansion plan an opportunity to educate residents on their part in reducing waste and educating the community on the recycling industry, while also providing jobs for the community.

“Adams Scrap Recycling is a great example of what entrepreneurship can accomplish in our state, and we celebrate the company’s decision to increase its footprint,” says South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. “While we are always working to recruit new businesses, we celebrate the news when home-grown businesses expand in South Carolina.”

“Our state’s recycling industry is really taking off,” adds said Bobby Hitt, the state’s Secretary of Commerce. “Adams Scrap Recycling’s growth will certainly help increase our reputation in this green industry.”

While Adams has been recycling metals for the past two years, the company is seeking to diversify and grow its glass, paper, plastics and electronics recycling activity.