MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- By next summer, 85 percent of the garbage that city of Montgomery residents throw away will be recycled.
This is due to a $35 million, advanced mixed materials recovery facility developed by Infinitus Energy set to be built in north Montgomery. Officials with the city of Montgomery, Montgomery Area of Chamber of Commerce and Infinitus Energy broke ground on the facility today at 1551 Louisville St. at the new Infinitus Renewable Energy Park at Montgomery (iREP Montgomery).
The 81,992-square-foot facility is set to open by June 30, 2014 and will employ 110 workers.
When the facility opens, city residents will continue to throw away their garbage into a city-issued bin, but the waste will go to the recovery center to be sorted and then recycled.
Other municipalities within a 90-mile radius of Montgomery can also contract to have its waste sent to the facility.
"The beauty of this project is that residents don't have to do anything differently," Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange said. "All of the separating takes place at the MRF (materials recovery center). The economic boost this brings combined with the environmental benefits make it another win-win for our community."
Strange said the city began working on a new recycling program after he learned four years ago that only 25 percent of waste thrown away through the city's curbside recycling program was actually being recycled.
Montgomery's recovery facility will be one of the most technologically advanced in the country allowing 85 percent of all waste to be recycled.
Waste will be separated using the latest in screening, air and optional separation technologies, according to Infinitus Energy. The system will sort and recover cardboard, mixed paper, metals, aluminum cans, plastics and wood based on density, size, shape and material composition. Additional sorting will be done by hand.
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