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Private firm offers ballistic separator/MRF approach to pull recyclables from county stream
Summary
Dean Monroe of Elite Recycling proposed a single-stream sorting system (ballistic separator, optics, MRF) that he said could divert up to ~30% of the county municipal stream and operate alongside or before a county transfer station; Monroe asked for confidential follow-up and potential contracting discussions.
Dean Monroe, managing member of Elite Recycling, presented a private-sector alternative for Campbell County on Sept. 10, pitching a system of conveyors, ballistic separation and optical sorting that he said could substantially increase county recycling and reduce tonnage sent to landfill. "This operation can be built ahead of the Region 2000 operation," Monroe said, arguing a private operator or county partnership could reduce disposal and trucking costs.
Monroe described a two-building…
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