Sonoco Recycling Lands Contract with North Carolina County

Sonoco Recycling Inc., based in Hartsville, S.C., has been awarded a 10-year contract to operate Onslow County, N.C.’s MRF (materials recovery facility). Sonoco Recycling plans to invest $1 million in facility upgrades.

“We are very excited to work with the county,” Jim Brown, Sonoco Recycling vice president, says. “Residents of Coastal North Carolina will now have access to expanded, single-stream or commingled, recycling, increasing the types of materials they are able to recycle.

“We also plan to build an education center at the county’s MRF, developing recycling education efforts in and around Onslow County through partnerships with local schools and public education programs at the facility.”

Currently, Sonoco Recycling operates six MRFs and serves more than 125 communities in which curbside-collected residential and commercial materials are processed. Sonoco also provides recycling programs that identify waste reduction opportunities that reduce operating expenses for many of the largest consumer product companies in the United States.