In November 2009, Sonoco Recycling completed a $2m expansion project at the Charlotte center expanding the facility’s footprint by 23,500sqft and installed new commercial sorting and baling equipment.
Sonoco Recycling’s Charlotte center accepts and processes corrugated boxes and other grades of paper and plastic and other materials. The facility accepts curbside material delivered by the public and offers flatbed pick up of baled material, and van pick up for loose, palletized or baled material.
Sonoco, which processes and uses many of these recycled materials to produce recycled paperboard at its paper mills in the Southeast, then uses that paperboard to produce new consumer and industrial packaging.
Annually, Sonoco said that it collects and processes about 3 million tons of recyclable materials globally through 41 locations with the help of a team of recycling professionals, many of whom come with experience in waste management and manufacturing process improvement.
Marcy Thompson, vice president and general manager of Sonoco Recycling, said: ”We’re adding high-tech equipment that will allow us to further grow our capacity and more effectively sort residential single-stream waste. Additions will include new sorting screens, separators, high-speed conveyors, steel disks and other state-of-the-art equipment.
”While Mecklenburg County is already served by a materials recovery facility, the area needs a second MRF because of the tremendous growth throughout the region. These upgrades, along with the upgrades we completed last fall, better position us to meet the recycling needs of this growing market.”
