Grossman Group Opens Paper Recovery Plant

The Grossman Group has opened a new paper recycling facility in the Columbus, Ohio area. The facility will service solid waste handlers, as well as companies generating old corrugated containers. The announcement follows two years of planning by the company, along with the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, located at an idled waste-to-energy plant.

The company’s new Fiber Recovery Facility will service haulers of commercial trash and private companies that generate scrap cardboard. “

The Grossman Group’s main objective is to remove as much waste from the waste stream and reclaim as much fiber as possible from loads that normally would be dumped in the Franklin County Landfill,” said Steve Grossman, president of The Grossman Group.

"As we focus on Green business development in Columbus, it is great to see companies like The Grossman Group already creating jobs and improving recycling to keep material out of our landfill," said Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman. "This project is win-win-win, for the company, for the city and for SWACO, as we all try to do more to protect our environment and build new green industries in Columbus."

Material processed at the facility will come from two main sources. One source is from existing and developing accounts of the Grossman Group and Universal Paper and Plastics, Inc., the company picked by The Grossman Group to operate the facility. These commercial accounts may qualify for the 90 percent Cardboard Direct Account Program.

The second is from accounts developed by SWACO that will qualify for the Select Load Program, resulting in a reduction of tipping fees up to 25 percent.

“We are pleased to lease The Grossman Group this facility to continue the company’s long history in the Columbus area,” said Mike Long, executive director of SWACO. “It will enable them to grow the business and help SWACO as we continue to search for new ways to reduce the reliance on our Franklin County Landfill.” This facility will reduce the volume of trash going to the landfill, thus extending the lifespan of the landfill. The facility expects to recycle approximately 30,000 tons of paper a year. That will reduce the amount of trash going into the Franklin County Landfill by 3 percent a year.

For the first three weeks of operation the facility received 1,216,769 pounds of material and trash, processed it into 980,399 pounds of clean paper and shipped it to paper mills throughout Ohio.