Today’s topic is Construction & Demolition Waste recycling facilities. Waste recycling or recovery as it is sometimes called is simply the purposeful removal of certain waste with the intent of recovering the economic value remaining in the waste product. This is not a Webster definition. It is merely the factual basis of which most if not all C&D recovery facilities exist. Making money is the purpose and while most make the bulk of their revenue from the tip fees paid to dispose waste at the facility, the money made from selling the recovered product is very important to the success of the facility unless other government subsidies are sustaining its existence.

Now let’s talk about a recovery facility makeup. Most facilities will have a front end just like a landfill which will include the check-in process with an attendant and scale. From there trucks will Stone Crushing Machine proceed to a dumping area called the “tip pad”. The waste is screened, then dumped and screened again for any objectionable or possible banned items. The waste is then sorted, removing the cardboard, wood, metal and inert. At our facility we also recover drywall (sheetrock).

The recovery process can be as simple as people hand picking the target items from the dumped pile of waste to the use of sophisticated equipment to remove the items by use of air, water, screens etc. Facilities with higher volumes will usually have a picking line which is a flat conveyor where the waste is loaded and slowly travels down the “table” by the conveyor belt. Most systems are elevated 8-12 feet which allows for bins to be placed under the chute to collect the recovered item. The recovered items are stockpiled for processing or sale. The material not Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant India recovered (spoils) is the non-recyclable waste that will be disposed at the landfill. Some recovery facilities will operate in conjunction with a landfill, but if not the waste is loaded into a container or open top semi trailer and transported to the landfill daily.The recovered products may be stockpiled, processed and marketed and can accumulate on site until timing is favorable for the profitable sale of the products.

We’ll see, but don’t expect any of that to happen. Environmental activists primarily target private businesses. The powerful state Ports Authority will get a political and press pass. The official hype:The state benefits because it creates jobs and taxes. Maybe, but that’s truer of private business ventures than of government projects.I write on behalf of the Manganese Mining Crusher Equipment Carolinas Cement Team. We are grateful to the North Carolina House and the Senate for not moving forward with any moratorium against Carolinas Cement, which would delay our ability to bring much needed jobs to this state. We thank Governor Perdue and her office, along with the state Department of Commerce for lending their support and for sharing in the vision that North Carolina remains a business-friendly state.