Interstate Waste Services Inc., a provider of solid waste collection, recycling and disposal services, said Tuesday it opened a materials recovery facility in North Arlington. The new facility, an investment of $30 million by Teaneck-based Interstate Waste Services, is capable of processing 215,000 tons of recyclable material annually. The new materials recovery facility will employ approximately 50 people.
The 45,000-square-foot plant has an automated sorting system whose technologies include: AI-powered robotics, mechanical ballistic screening, magnetic separation, optical sorters, air classification, and a dedicated glass clean-up system. The idea is to keep more material out of landfills while supporting the region’s sustainability goals.
“This new facility is the next step in that evolution – an investment in advanced technology that improves capture rates, diverts more material from landfills, and delivers real environmental benefits to the communities we serve,” said Michael DiBella, chief executive officer of Interstate Waste Services.
According to Industry Growth Insight, which provides data and analytics to various business sectors, the global materials recovery facility market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 5.5% from 2018 to 2030. The factors behind the expansion are increasing awareness about waste segregation and recycling among consumers and businesses, and the rising demand for recycled materials from various industries. The waste disposal industry faces challenges like gyrating commodity prices, rising operational costs, and global trade restrictions on recyclable materials.
The North Arlington plant is part of IWS’s strategy to modernize waste management infrastructure in the tri-state area and aim for a more sustainable future. The opening of the North Arlington materials recovery facility will also receive material from the five boroughs of New York.
Before the new facility was built, the plant operated as a transfer station dating back to the 1980s. It housed two balers used to compact solid waste, which was then transported to an adjacent landfill.
