Brookfield Resource Receives Approval for Improvements at New York Plant

Brookfield Resource Management, a recycling company based in Elmsford, N.Y., announced that it recently received site-plan approval for planned improvements at its Cortlandt, N.Y., recycling facility.

The approved site work includes re-grading for improved traffic flow, the introduction of impervious surfaces for environmentally sound operations, the build-out of a stormwater control system and improved fencing and landscaping along the property line to alleviate any potential visual impacts. The Montrose plant has been operating as a scrap metal recycling facility since early 2009.

“Brookfield Resource Management is committed to developing and operating state-of-the-art recycling facilities,” says Tom Malone, president of Brookfield. “These approvals allow us to modernize the Montrose site and give us considerable flexibility with the types of operations we can conduct at this location going forward.”

Brookfield already has made significant investments at the Cortlandt site, including the land purchase, cleanup costs and site improvements, since purchasing the facility in February 2009. The site was purchased to give the company expanded coverage into Putnam County and Dutchess County, N.Y.

In addition to its Cortland yard, Brookfield has locations in Chicago, the Bronx, N.Y.; Montrose, N.Y.; and the Punjab state of India.