Over the past decade, the materials recovery facility in Northumberland County, Ontario has enjoyed a series of upgrades, including new balers, a new screen system and optical sorters for fiber. But Karl Allen, plant manager, has learned that equipment is only one of the ingredients for success.
The ton has done a lot of evolving over the past three decades. And to better manage the changing composition of incoming materials, EBI Environnement made major upgrades to its MRF last fall.
Features from the April 2016 print edition:
- Constructing a market
- In My Opinion: Time to double down
- Model of cooperation
- On-the-go obstacles
- Seamless transitions
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