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Waste & Recycling May 03, 2017 01:30:09 PM

Pratt Industries opens latest recycling facility in Columbia, South Carolina

Paul Ploumis
ScrapMonster Author
The original West Columbia, SC facility was opened in 2007.

Pratt Industries opens latest recycling facility in Columbia, South Carolina

SPOKANE (Scrap Monster): Conyers, Georgia headquartered Pratt Industries has announced opening of its latest material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbia, South Carolina. The new facility has a capacity to process up to 48,000 tons of paper per year. The facility is the most recent addition to the company’s stream of recycling facilities across the US.

The original West Columbia, SC facility was opened in 2007. The facility which has been servicing the Columbia area has outgrown the location, thus making it necessary to move to a bigger facility. The new 40,000 square-foot facility located at 120 Atlas Court in Columbia will help the company serve the recycling needs of Columbia and surrounding communities, by increasing the recycling access in a big way.

According to the company, the new facility will accept baled and loose commercial materials, wide variety of recovered fiber materials including various grades of paper. The source-separated and baled materials will be handled by the facility. In addition, the plant will accept virtually all grades of paper which will be supplied to the company’s 100% recycled mill in Conyers, Georgia. The new facility has a processing capacity to handle up to 4,000 tons of paper per month which will be used as fiber for the Conyers, Georgia plant. The plant will serve commercial businesses in Columbia as well as other municipalities, thereby helping to reduce their landfill costs.

The company press release states that customers can directly deliver the materials to the facility. Alternatively, they can opt for services of Pratt Recycling, Inc. which works with communities and businesses across America to maximize landfill diversion. Once registering with the service, the company offers pick-up services via van trailers, front-end loader services, or roll-off trucks for collection of waste from premises.

Pratt Recycling President Myles Cohen noted that the opening of the new facility will add more number of green collar jobs in the great state of South Carolina. Pratt Industries has registered rapid growth along with Columbian market over the past several years, since its establishment, he noted. By expanding its presence, the company foresees tremendous growth opportunities ahead in the next ten years, Cohen added.

Recently, the company had opened a new corrugated box facility in Beloit, Wisconsin. It had invested $60 million in the facility, which promises to bring around 140 manufacturing jobs to the Beloit area. The grand opening of the 350,000 square-foot box factory, built on a 56-acre site in 1405 Gateway Blvd., Gateway Business Park was held during end-March this year. According to sources, the facility is expected to have a production capacity of nearly 600 tons of recycled boxes per day.

Pratt Industries has been fast expanding its operations during recent times, by way of building new facilities and acquiring principal facilities across the US. Last year, it had acquired Albert Lea-based Minnesota Corrugated Box (MCB) for a sum of $70 million. The company had unveiled its fourth 100% recycled paper mill in Valparaiso, Indiana during the previous year. Also, the company had recently announced installation of 1.4-MW rooftop solar plant at its box plant in Staten Island, New York.

Established in 1987, Pratt bills itself as the world’s largest privately held company to produce all of its paper and packaging from 100-percent-recycled material. The company produces 1.15 million tons of recycled-content paper each year. Pratt Industries now has some 130 facilities in 26 states and is currently the fifth largest corrugated packaging company in the U.S.

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