Sonoco Recycling, Shoosmith Brothers Open Recycling Center

According to Sonoco, the recycling plant will handle mixed material loads that previously were landfilled for commercial and industrial customers. The facility will sort and process items such as mixed paper, metal and plastics.

“This new recycling facility is one of the first to be constructed at a landfill with the primary mission of diverting waste destined for land disposal,” says Jim Brown, vice president, Sonoco Recycling. “We are capturing materials that previously held no value for customers and returning them to the manufacturing stream to make products that consumers use every day.”

Fletcher Kelly, vice president of Shoosmith Brothers Inc., adds, “Few facilities exist to accept unsorted industrial and commercial waste destined for landfills. By recovering and repurposing this waste to alternative end uses, we're not only generating additional revenue but lengthening the life of our landfills.”