The Board of Health for the city of Fall River, Mass. is set to meet with representatives from a Taunton, Mass.-based recycling firm interested in relocating their operation to Fall River.
Complete Recycling Solutions LLC specializes in recycling fluorescent, incandescent and mercury lamps, ballast lamps, industrial batteries, computer monitors and televisions. Some of the items are not accepted at landfills because they contain lead glass and mercury.
Stephen C. Hopkins is the director of operations and administration for CRS, which began operating in August. He said the company is hoping the Board of Health will allow his firm to establish a 25,000-square-foot recycling facility in a renovated mill.
The agreement could be particularly beneficial to the city because Hopkins said CRS would be willing to take in recyclables from the city at a special, low cost. While the range of items CRS would accept would be limited to lights, computer monitors and televisions, the lower rate could still be important to the city -- especially with the closure of the landfill looming.
In the informational package CRS sent to the Board of Health, the company said it will use two special pieces of equipment to recycle the waste it accepts. One piece of apparatus is the LUMA-X 6000, a lamp recycling machine designed to recycle mercury-containing lamps. The company would also employ a machine known as an MRT Distiller designed to recover mercury from mercury-tainted waste. Herald News
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