WM will begin a major retrofit on its previously acquired property and existing plant at 505 Conestoga Boulevard.
The total investment in the proposed recycling facility is expected to be around $30m.
The plant will use advanced technology that includes magnets, screens and optical scanners to separate, sort and process a variety of materials.
The 126,000sqft facility will commence operations later this year and will process up to 550,000 tonnes of material on a annual basis.
A single-stream recycling facility (SSRF) eliminates the need for customers to separate recyclable materials prior to collection, since sophisticated material-handling equipment inside the SSRF handles the task, the company said.
WM vice president for Eastern Canada Brad Muter said the recycling centre will support Ontario’s landfill diversion goals, and it furthers the company’s commitment to helping customers extract more value from their waste.
US-based WM is a provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America, and a developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the US.
