Allied Waste Adds New Technology to Plano, Texas, MRF

Allied Waste has added new technology, including optical sorting equipment, to its redesigned material recovery facility (MRF) in Plano, Texas.

Allied Waste opened its Plano recycling center more than a decade ago, using what was at the time leading technology.

“Allied Waste has been a great partner with the city of Plano for over 20 years now,” Plano Mayor Pat Evans says. “The company’s state-of-the-art recycling facility makes it easy for residents and our commercial businesses to recycle without sorting. The programs that Allied has set in place have helped us more toward our goal of increasing sustainability.”

James P. Lattimore, Allied Waste district manager, says, “Four different manufacturers contributed to the overall synchronized system of conveyor belts, a drum feeder, various sized separation screens, variable speed motors, overhead cross-belt magnets and an Eddy current separator, a device that uses reverse polarity to separate aluminum from the waste stream.”