Recycling Management Resources opens 10th facility

Recycling Management Resources (RMR), a paper recycling company based in Duluth, Georgia, has opened a new recycling facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi, making it RMR’s 10^th facility overall.

The plant, which officially opened at the end of last year, is 103,000 square feet, has 12 loading docks and provides BNSF Railway access to the Memphis market. New equipment also was installed and includes a baler that can process up to 30 tons per hour of high grades and 20 tons per hour of old corrugated containers, a shredder that can process 15 tons per hour as well as a shear.

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The company says that as the plant ramps up, thousands of tons of recyclable fiber will move through the facility monthly, allowing area manufacturers and businesses to increase their landfill diversion efforts.

“We're excited about joining the Memphis market, filling a growing need for area manufacturers and businesses while creating new jobs,” RMR President Brett Lurie says.

RMR, which is part of the Wilmington Paper group of companies, was launched in 2008 and now has 10 recycling facilities, including in Atlanta; Barton, Alabama; High Point, North Carolina; Louisville, Kentucky; Memphis; Philadelphia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; and Wilmington, Delaware.

According to RMR, more than 500,000 tons of material are handled annually across all 10 of its locations, and the company offers additional services like roll splitting and cutting, book/magazine hogging and baling, roll inventory services and secure product destruction.

The company also owns Green Logistics, a trucking and transportation company that it says allows RMR to have complete control of service.