Recology Opens New $35M Recycling Facility in Santa Rosa, CA

Recology is opening a new, high-tech recycling facility in Santa Rosa, Calif.

The new, $35 million advanced recycling center opened this week and will serve the Marin-Sonoma region. It includes 109 sorting conveyor belts, which, end to end, would run a mile and a half long.

"That is the magic of this plant: how you combine modern recycling equipment, optical sorters, ballistic sorters, and then hand sorting by recycling workers to maximize recycling," said Robert Reed, Recology’s Public Information Officer.

Over 30 humans will assist the facility’s technology as they sort and will oversee their stations to ensure quality control and maximize recovery of recyclables.

"This new plant is receiving three times as much as the previous plant. So, this is vital new infrastructure," said Reed.

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