Allan Gerlat, News Editor

April 24, 2012

1 Min Read
ReCommunity Opens N.Y. Recycling Facility

ReCommunity Recycling has opened a single-stream recycling facility in Beacon, N.Y.

The Charlotte, N.C.-based ReCommunity said in a news release it invested $7.5 million in the 52,000-sq.-ft. material recovery facility (MRF). The facility willprocess  plastics, newspapers, junk mail, magazines, office paper, cardboard, tin, aluminum, and glass food and beverage containers. The company expects to collect material throughout the Northeast, including the greater Hudson Valley counties of Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Orange and Putnam and parts of southwest Connecticut.

 At full capacity the ReCommunity recycling facility will recover material that will  save 122,955 cubic yards of landfill space and prevent 261,186 metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gases from being emitted annually.

“ReCommunity is committed to what we call ‘Leading the Recovery Revolution,’ and we are happy to bring our services, along with new green jobs, to the Greater Hudson Valley,” said ReCommunity CEO Jim Bohlig.

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

Stay in the Know - Subscribe to Our Newsletters
Join a network of more than 90,000 waste and recycling industry professionals. Get the latest news and insights straight to your inbox. Free.

You May Also Like