Cohen adds to e-scrap processing capabilities

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Middletown, Ohio-based recycling firm Cohen has broken ground on a 110,000-square-foot electronic scrap recycling facility, increasing its total electronics processing space from 60,000 square feet. The expansion will house a new processing system that increases production capacity by a multiple of eight, according to the company. 

The facility will be operated by Cohen Electronics, a subsidiary of Cohen Holdings. A news release from Cohen describes its electronics processing subsidiary as “a highly certified IT asset management and electronics recycling company whose vision is to provide the opportunity to recycle safely, conveniently and responsibly.”

“The 50,000-square-feet addition and $7 million dollar investment reflects our commitment to provide the communities we serve a cleaner more sustainable environment,” says Adam Dumes, vice president of Cohen Electronics.

“Cohen’s expansion strengthens the electronics recycling infrastructure in Southwest Ohio to help us keep these valuable materials out of landfills,” says Michelle Balz, assistant program manager with the Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District.

Processing more than 20,000 pounds of electronic scrap per hour, the facility and its equipment is being designed to “effectively reclaim raw materials for market consumption,” according to Cohen.

“Congratulations to Cohen Recycling, Green Umbrella member business, for building the largest, most innovative facility for recycling [electronic scrap] in our region,” says Kristin Weiss, executive director of Green Umbrella, a sustainability alliance in Cincinnati. “This success helps to advance our goal of having Greater Cincinnati recognized as one of the most sustainable regions in the country by 2020.”

An official groundbreaking ceremony has been scheduled for Aug. 26, 2015, at the location on South Verity Parkway in Middletown that will house the new processing facility.

Cohen Recycling bills itself as one the largest privately owned scrap metal, electronics and automobile recyclers in its operating region.