Recycling Management Resources to open new plant

Recycling Management Resources (RMR), a paper recycling company with locations throughout the South, has announced plans to open a facility in Barton, Alabama, about 1 mile away from SCA’s tissue mill. Reece Whitley, a managing partner with RMR, says the new location, the sixth for the company, is in an ideal spot to serve the tissue mill.

Whitley says the company already is a primary supplier to the tissue mill, adding that the new location will reduce transportation expenses. "Our reason for building the facility there is to supply the mill with recovered fiber, including both sorted office waste and old corrugated, the two primary grades the mill consumes."

RMR has taken over a 50,000-square-foot idled plant and has added another 20,000 square feet to the facility. According to local reports, RMS will invest $1.8 million in the plant, which will have direct access to a rail line. The plant also will be equipped with guillotine roll cutters, shredders and a baler.

Whitley says the RMR plant will have a couple of sort lines to mine some of materials, notably OCC, that it may come across.

To assist with the project, Colbert County (Alabama) Commissioners have approved an education tax abatement for the company that is expected to help the company provide up to 23 jobs within three years.