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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 concept: Building 1 as a transfer station with conveyors and compaction, and Building 2 as a pre-sort and ballistic-separator building feeding a material-recovery facility (MRF). He said that in the firm's modeling, removing resident-presorted material plus ballistic separation could recover roughly 30 percent of incoming municipal solid waste (an example figure of about 7,500 tons removed from a 25,000-ton municipal stream was offered). Monroe also described a conservative estimate that improved site-level attendant training and compacted commingled loads could increase resident-side recovery to about 10 percent.
On questions of commercial viability, Monroe said Elite already runs a MRF and has market outlets for sorted commodities, and that the company epending on contracting arrangements—ould buy, install or operate equipment or accept sorted material at its Brookneal site. He acknowledged some proprietary detail would need to be exchanged in private session for full commercial terms and that permitting and logistics remain important variables.
Board members probed whether Campbell-only tonnage would sustain the equipment and whether permitting would be different; Monroe said the system could be adapted but commercial terms and permitting specifics would need further discussion. The board did not approve any contract; staff noted the presentation would inform whether to include private recycling proposals in any solicitation for waste-disposal solutions.
