Greenstar Adds Commercial Single-Stream Recycling in Pennsylvania

Houston-based Greenstar North America, a private processor of recyclables (see "Wearing of the Green," from the June 2008 issue of Recycling Today), has announced that it is rolling out commercial single-stream services in Pennsylvania.

Greenstar has also announced that it is rebranding its Recycle Management Co. (RMC) operations as Greenstar. Greenstar acquired Recycle Management Co. of Pittsburgh through a partnership in March 2007.

“Commercial single-stream service provides a much more convenient system for recovering recyclables at offices, malls, universities and similar locations,” says Steve Ragiel, CEO of Greenstar North America. “The convenience of single stream leads to significant increases in the recovery of valuable recyclables from the waste stream.”

Greenstar’s Pennsylvania operations include three material recovery facilities (MRFs) in Pittsburgh-Neville Island, Carnegie and Northampton-Allentown. There are also four residential/commercial recycle transfer stations in Donora, Ellwood City, Pittsburgh and Scottdale.

In addition, the company has recently acquired Global Recycling, a dual-stream MRF in Monmouth County, N.J., and American Recycling Co. (ARC), which specializes in providing recycling services to the printing industry. Over the next few months, both companies will be rebranded and operated as Greenstar.

More information is available at www.greenstar-na.com.