IESI has unveiled its new Material Recovery Facility in McKinney, Tex. Upon the U.S. Green Building Council's approval, this facility will be the first privately funded single-stream LEED certified Material Recycling Facility in North America.
The 28,000 square foot facility will annually process more than 144 million pounds of non-hazardous materials, including glass, plastic, paper, aluminum, tin and cardboard. The facility incorporates sustainable features such as certified wood, building materials containing recycled content, low-emitting materials, water-conserving fixtures and features to reduce the heat-island effect. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of green commercial structures.
"With the public becoming even more committed to recycling, it became apparent that we needed to expand our facilities," said John Gustafson, IESI vice president, Texas Region. "We decided it was important to do it right and make the investment to build a LEED certified facility. Our new Material Recovery Facility more than triples our capacity. It will process collected recycled materials from residential and commercial customers across North Texas."
The IESI McKinney MRF also houses a second-floor community room and observation deck overlooking the recycling operations area.
IESI, a subsidiary of IESI-BFC Ltd., provides non-hazardous solid waste collection and landfill disposal services for commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers in five provinces and 10 states.
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