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Phoenix opens upgraded Materials Recovery Facility able to sort 30 tons per hour
Summary
City officials on hand Thursday marked the grand reopening of the city’s upgraded Materials Recovery Facility, a public-private operation featuring new mechanical and optical sorting equipment, a 30-ton-per-hour throughput and partnerships aimed at boosting recycling and local circular-economy activity.
Assistant Public Works Director Lori Zaldesteller and Mayor Kate Gallego joined city staff, contractors and partners at the grand reopening of the 20 Seventh Avenue Materials Recovery Facility on Thursday, where officials said the upgraded plant will increase the city’s recycling recovery and support a local circular economy.
Zaldesteller, assistant public works director for the city’s Solid Waste Division, said the new facility “can process material at 30 tons per hour” and combines a trommel front end, two ballistic separators, a sorting robot and 11 optical sorters to improve recovery from curbside collection. She said the division provides collection…
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