Rumpke Recycling will reportedly invest USD 2.5 million in new machinery at its Dayton plant to more effectively and economically process glass collected through its residential and commercial recycli…
Rumpke Recycling will reportedly invest USD 2.5 million in new machinery at its Dayton plant to more effectively and economically process glass collected through its residential and commercial recycling programmes. According to the company, it will partner with leading glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Rumpke opened the glass recycling facility, which processes and markets about 15,000 tons of glass each year, in 2002 to process broken, mixed colour glass separated at its recycling facility in St. Bernard. Much of the material was previously sent to fiberglass manufacturing firm Johns-Manville, who will still use 50% of material collected by Rumpke. The remaining 50% will be sold to companies in the glass container industry. Securing consistent markets for glass has been a long-time challenge for Ohio recyclers. While many collection programmes seek to remove glass from their recycling programmes, Rumpke has committed a substantial amount of capital and time to incorporate glass as one of the items Ohio households and businesses can recycle on a daily basis, said Steve Sargent, director of Rumpke Recycling, in a news release. Installation of the equipment will begin in April 2011 and continue through mid-August.