Progressive Waste Opens Recycling Facility in Canada

Allan Gerlat, News Editor

December 20, 2012

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. has opened a new material recovery facility (MRF) in Calgary, Alberta.

The Vaughan, Ontario-based waste and recycling company is using two systems by Plessisville, Quebec-based Machinex Industries Inc. The first consists of two transfer compactors with remote power packs that have the capacity to load 1,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste per day, according to a Machinex news release.

The second system is the commercial MRF consisting of an in-feed conveyor system, a pre-sort, double-deck adjustable old corrugated cardboard screen and a sort conveyor over multiple bunkers with a finishing trommel to end the line.

The facility has room for growth, the company said.

About the Author

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.

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