Resource Management Group opens new MRF
Resource Management Group opens new MRF
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Resource Management Group (RMG), a San Diego-based materials management and recycling services provider, recently opened a new material recovery facility (MRF) that features a system designed and installed by CP Group, also of San Diego. The system features MSS Cirrus optical sorting technology and is designed for commercial and multifamily single-stream processing.
Most of the system input is a blend of commercial and multifamily single-stream materials, including OCC (old corrugated containers), OMP (old magazines) and plastic film. After loading onto the incline conveyor, the material goes through a manual presort, where any oversize items are removed. The three-deck CP OCC Screen recovers cardboard, and a CP Glass Breaker Fines Screen removes 2-inch and smaller fines. The remaining material enters the MSS CIRRUS optical sorter, which is set up in a dual-eject configuration and positively ejects containers and fiber materials. This system achieves a higher than 90 percent diversion rate with minimal manual sorting, CP Group says.
“This is a unique system in the way we use optical sorting technology to handle and sort fiber,” says Terry Schneider, president and CEO of CP Group. “Our team at CP Group has enjoyed working so closely with RMG to help them reach their diversion goals. They are a very progressive company.”
The MSS Cirrus sensing technology features heavily in the success of the system, CP Group says. It allows the operator to select the different types of materials that should be targeted for ejection.
In standard operation mode for this facility, the Cirrus positively identifies and extracts all containers (polyethylene terephthalate [PET], high-density polyethylene [HDPE], mixed plastics bottles, used beverage cans [UBCs] and tin cans) into the first eject chute and all mixed paper into the second eject chute, while allowing the residue to fall into the negative pass-through, CP Group says. Because a high percentage of the commercial and multifamily input stream consists of single sheets of paper and flexible packaging (plastic film), MSS’ proprietary air-assist system is installed to ensure proper material handling on the high-speed conveyor belt and through the detection and ejection zone, the equipment supplier adds.
“At RMG, we are very proud to be the first MRF built in the city of San Diego in over 16 years,” says Armen Derderian, president and chief executive officer of RMG. “We look forward to playing a larger role as a solution provider in support of the city’s recycling ordinance and the state of California’s mandated diversion goals.”
Derderian adds, “Our focus now is to grow our commercial and multifamily single-stream volumes while still achieving high recovery rates. CP’s system engineers had to deal with a number of challenges, like the diversity of the incoming material streams and significant space limitations. But they delivered. We are pleased with our system and its capabilities.”
CP Group is comprised of CP Manufacturing, Krause Manufacturing, MSS Inc. and Advanced MRF. The company provides recycling system design, manufacturing, retrofits, audits and consulting, as well as turnkey solutions for mixed waste, residential recycling, commercial and industrial, construction and demolition and electronic scrap applications.
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Source: Recycling Today
Resource Management Group opens new MRF
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