Waste Management of Orange Unveils New Recycling Sort Line

Waste Management of Orange County have unveiled a $1.7 million state-of-the-art recycling sort line using the latest eco-technology. The sort line is located at the company’s Irvine, Calif., processing and transfer facility. The facility is expected to increase the waste diversion by 30,000 tons a year.

“Our new sort line is a win for our customers, the environment and Orange County,” said Bill Bixler, district manager of Waste Management of Orange County. “We now have the capability to recover even more reusable materials, making our carbon footprint even smaller in Orange County. We’ve also found that investing in green technology makes good business sense, even in this economy as we see a growing demand from our customers.”

The new recycling sort line was designed to process commercial recycling loads, yet also has the capability to sort recyclables from regular municipal solid waste streams. The line features TiTech infrared optical sorting capabilities for processing dry recyclables, specialized OCC screens and sorting mechanisms including drum feeders. The line can process up to 15 tons per hour of materials.

“With a construction and demolition sorting line already in place at the Irvine facility, the new sort line will complete our goal to make Orange County even more sustainable by recovering more recyclables each year,” Bixler added.