2005 Recycling Business Development Grant Winners

In its continuing efforts to reduce the flow of solid waste to landfills and to encourage the sustainable recovery of materials from North Carolina’s waste stream, RBAC awarded 19 recycling business development grants, totaling $300,000 in 2005. The grants ranged from $7,000 to $28,000 and if all the projects are successful, will create more than 172,000 tons of additional recycling capacity in North Carolina. Overall, DPPEA received 26 proposals requesting $950,000 in funds. Selected projects include:

Plastics Recycling Wash Line - Plastics recycler will purchase and install an additional wash line to double its existing capacity at its Eden plastics processing facility. Contact: Don Grigg, Blue Ridge Plastics, (919) 522-2011.

Relocate/Expand Building Supply Recycling Center and its Deconstruction Services – Durham used building supply recycler will relocate and expand the Building Supply Recycling Center to its new location in Hillsborough, and purchase a telescoping boom forklift to assist in the operations and growth of the deconstruction program. Contact: Chris Wachholz, Building Supply Recycling Center, (919) 302-1627.

Oil Filter Recycling System - Antifreeze recycler will install a used oil filter processing system at its Durham processing facility. Contact: Tim Wilkinson, Clean Green Inc., (919) 596-3500.

Electronics Recycling Process Upgrade – Charlotte Electronics recycler will purchase equipment to improve material handling and tracking capability at its electronics recycling facility. Contact: Brett Rhinehardt, CompuTel IG, (704) 376-1116.

Wood Fiber/Nonwoven Waste Recycling – Plastics recycler will purchase and operate a recycling line that will produce a wood fiber composite polymer at its Randleman recycling facility. Contact: Darren Lynch, EcoResin, (336) 495-8516.

Engineered Recycling Expansion – Charlotte plastics recycler will expand operations and add equipment to increase throughput at its plastics processing facility. Contact: Peter Suttoni, Engineered Recycling Company, (704) 358-6700.

RE3 at Ensley – Plastics recycler will install balers to assist in the improved management of waste material resulting from its Reidsville plastic processing recycling operation. Contact: Dwight Ensley, Ensley Corporation, (336) 349-6243 x1.

Wash Line Upgrade – Reidsville plastics recycler will upgrade wash line to increase capacity for processing recycled plastics at its facility. Contact: Tom Scheffer, Envision Plastics, (336) 342-4749.

High Speed Baler Replacement - Recycler will purchase a high capacity two-ram baler to assist in efficiency upgrades and provide additional processing capacity for its Greensboro material recovery facility. Contact: Peter Gross, FCR Inc., (704) 379-0600.

Increasing Recycling Capacity for Bargain Store - Reuse Center will relocate an existing reuse store to a larger building and purchase a truck to increase the volume of material collected and delivered to its High Point facility. Contact: Susan Wood, Habitat for Humanity of High Point, Archdale and Trinity, (336) 887-8388.

Heartwood Pine Floors Project – Pittsboro company will install a saw to allow for more efficient processing of reclaimed and re-useable heart pine at its facility. Contact: Lawrence Green Jr., Heartwood Pine Floors, (919) 452-4394.

Colored Mulch, Higher Volumes, Less Time – Company will install a more efficient and higher volume mulch coloring system at its Rocky Mount wood waste and pallet processing facility. Contact: Roger Seale, Kamlar Corporation, (252) 443-2576.

Wood Grinding-Screening System – Commercial composter will install a grinding and screening system to assist in processing pallets, clean wood waste, gypsum and other materials at its Chatham County composting facility. Contact: Robert C. Taylor, McGill-Leprechaun, (910) 532-2539 x22.

Metal Recycling Shredding – Monroe metal recycler will purchase equipment to complete its newly expanded recovered metals processing facility. Contact: Jason Horner, Metal Recycling Services Inc., (704) 283-4455.

In-feed Conveyor – Raleigh recycler will install an in-feed conveyor to assist in the development and operation of its material recovery facility. Contact: Jim Foster, Paper Stock Dealers Inc., (919) 833-9783.

Continuing the Modernization of Shimar Recycling - Recycler will install an industrial shredding system to shred confidential material at its Durham recycling facility. Contact: Will Marley, Shimar Recycling Inc., (919) 680-6262.

Project P/V/C – Canton recycler will create an infrastructure for the recovery of vinyl siding scrap, plastics and cardboard from the construction and demolition sector of western North Carolina to be processed at its facility. Contact: David Landt, Smoky Mountain Resource Recovery, (828) 648-8787.

Plastics Grinding and Secure Data and Document Destruction – Mayodan electronics recycler will install a processing system to assist in better management and marketing of its plastics waste stream as well as providing additional material destruction services at its electronics recycling facility. Contact: Joe Clayton, Synergy Recycling, (919) 619-4856.

Cardboard and Paper Sorting System - Recycler will install a commingled paper sorting system to assist in increasing the fiber processing capacity at its Durham material recovery facility. Contact: Waylon Lynch, Tidewater Fibre Corporation, (919) 957-8803.