The CP Group, based in San Diego, has designed, manufactured and installed a highly automated 20-tons-per-hour single-stream system for Wilco Recycling, Taylor, Texas. The MRF's grand opening was Nov. 9, and the system is now in full operation.
Wilco Recycling is locally owned and operated and serves Austin and the surrounding area. The company is jointly owned by Central Texas Refuse, Round Rock Refuse and Cedar Park Disposal.
“We are excited about opening this recycling facility,” John Rabon, general manager of Wilco Recycling, said at the grand opening ceremony.
He continued, “I appreciate the hard work of the city of Taylor and the Economic Development Corp. This facility is one of the first of its kind in that it was not designed and built primarily for one major contracted city. This facility was created for the surrounding counties, giving the smaller communities preferential treatment they have not had in the past, which is cost effective and environmentally positive."
Local communities welcome the MRF. “We are proud that they decided to locate this facility in our area,” said Taylor Mayor Don Hill.
The 40,000-square-foot facility is expandable to 65,000 square feet and sits on 16 acres of land, according to a press release issued by the CP Group. The MRF currently can process 6,000 tons of recyclables per month and has the ability to expand to process up 10,000 tons per month.
"During my visit to the Wilco MRF, I was pleased to see how the entire facility had come together and that the operators and maintenance personnel at the facility had taken ownership of the equipment," says John Willis, vice president of the CP Group. "Together, with the cooperation and experience of both John Rabon and the CP engineering staff, we were able to design and build an excellent facility that will serve Wilco's processing needs well into the future."
The CP-designed system features metering technology, an OCC Screen, multiple fiber disc screens with patented disc technology and a glass processing system. Also included is a CP container processing system, featuring an MSS optical sorter, magnetic separator and eddy current separator with automated silo storage. An IPS two-ram baler completes the Wilco Recycling system, which has the potential capacity to expand to 30 tons per hour, according to the CP Group.
“We are thankful to CP for their flexibility that allowed us to finish this project on time,” Rabon said.
The CP Group, owned by CP Manufacturing, consists of CP, Krause Manufacturing, MSS and IPS Balers. The CP Group is a major supplier of recycling processing systems for the solid waste, curbside, construction and demolition, green waste and e-scrap industries. More information can be found at www.thecpgrp.com.