Sonoco Recycling Opens Large Facility in Charleston

Sonoco relocated its Charleston, SC, recycling operation to a new MRF in North Charleston.

"Our new North Charleston facility is larger--a nearly 30,000 square foot building on a 5-acre site--and much more efficient than our former location," said Myles Cohen, VP and GM of Sonoco Recycling. "Its additional space and improved productivity will allow us to process and warehouse a larger volume of recyclables than we've been able to handle in the past. This new capability will benefit the community and our company through increased environmental sustainability."

Sonoco Recycling's new facility will accept most grades of paper, as well as metals and plastics. The facility has an annual recycling capacity of around 125,000 tons a year.

The facility also will be accepting curbside collected material, flatbed pick up of baled material, van service for loose, palletized or baled material and roll-off service for 30- and 40-yard open and closed top containers.

"One of the strategic benefits of this location is its proximity to the Port of Charleston," said Cohen. "Recovered paper is the number one product exported from the United States, and this facility will expand Sonoco's capability to export recovered paper to Asia and India."

The company handles 3.5 million tons of recyclables a year and has 46 locations in North America and Europe.