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Applicant says on‑site compactor will speed service, salvage recyclables
Summary
Applicant Thomas Richards told the Blount County board the proposed on‑site 40‑yard compactor would let his crews sort loads, salvage metal and concrete, and reduce driver wait times; he said no outside vendors would use the facility and material "won't sit on the ground overnight."
Thomas Richards, the applicant, told the board his company plans to use a 40‑yard compactor behind its commercial property at 10127 Chapman Highway to process only its own construction and demolition loads.
Richards said crews will dump incoming loads, sort out hazardous materials and recyclables, put metal and concrete aside, and compact the remainder for haul to the landfill. "Nothing will stay on the ground overnight," Richards said, describing a process he said will speed operations and allow his drivers to maintain schedules rather than waiting at landfill scales.
He described equipment and throughput: the compactor would be roughly the size used behind buildings (not the large transfer‑station units), the applicant currently uses 30‑yard dumpsters and estimates roughly 2–2.5 40‑yard dumpsters' equivalent can be compacted into one 40‑yard compactor. Richards said salvaged metal provides some revenue and compacting can reduce the number of landfill trips.
