Concrete Recycling Plant Looks to be Built in SoCal

Earlier this week the City Council granted Weir Concrete and Asphalt the chance to go in front of the City Council later this fall. The move allows the company to skip the planning commission.

George Weir, president of the company, said he hopes to have the new operation up and running by this November. The speed in which the city is moving to allow the company to build the operation also is being done to give the company the chance to obtain financing for the facility.

The facility, to be called Weir Recycling, will handle both concrete and asphalt, both from the company itself as well as other construction companies in the area. The plant is being located in a Business Enhancement Zone, a section of the city designed to make it easier for businesses to locate. The plant would use a mobile crushing machine to convert concrete and asphalt into aggregate for foundations and other construction uses.

According to the Union-Times, the machinery would operate at the plant about four months a year, while the rest of the time the crushing machine would be moved to construction sites throughout the area.

Weir says that a key reason for locating a concrete and asphalt recycling facility in the area is the impending closure of the only two other concrete recyclers in the area.

He adds that he expects the facility to initially handle 100,000 tons a year of concrete and asphalt. Due to the significant transportation costs of moving concrete, asphalt and other types of demolition waste, Weir feels that his market will cover roughly a 20 square mile radius