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Mecklenburg planning commission approves special-exception permit for local sorting-and-recycling site

2803720 · March 28, 2025
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Summary

The Mecklenburg County Planning Commission approved a special-exception permit for American Catalyst Recycling to operate a sorting and recycling site on Highway 58; the applicant described current operations and said the business diverts substantial material from local landfills.

The Mecklenburg County Planning Commission voted to approve a special-exception permit for a commercial sorting-and-recycling operation proposed by Albert Dudley, owner of American Catalyst Recycling.

The permit covers the applicant’s plan to operate a hand-sorting recycling site on a parcel in Mecklenburg County zoned agricultural along the south side of Highway 58, about two miles west of its intersection with Rogers Road. Planning staff and a commissioner said the site will be required to obtain all necessary permits and to keep the site entrance onto Highway 58 clean of mud and debris.

The applicant, Albert Dudley, told the commission the company recovers nonferrous metals, wood,…

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