UPFRONT MRF news
Levenseat fuel preparation plant projecting 98 percent diversion
Enerkem signs agreement for over 100 facilities in China by 2035
Enerkem Inc. announced at the end of January that it has signed an agreement with Sinobioway Group worth over C$125 million in the form of equity investment in Enerkem Inc., future licenses, equipment manufacturing and sales. The agreement includes plans for the creation of a major joint venture that will lead to the construction of over 100 Enerkem state-of-the-art facilities in China by 2035.
SWANA establishes Task Force
The MRF provided by Machinex at the Energy-from-Waste (EFW) plant for Levenseat Renewable Energy Limited, in Lanark, Scotland, has now been fully operational since the end of 2017. According to the company, the 200,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste, along with all the MSW expected to be received annually, will be diverted from landfill at a rate of 98 percent. Currently, Machinex is also completing an adjacent 13 tph container sorting facility, designed to treat dual-stream materials containing glass. It is expected to be operational by Spring of 2018. “The MRF will allow us to maximize recovery of valuable material from municipal solid waste and prepare the remaining waste into a fuel for our energy-from-waste facility,” said Angus Hamilton, director at Levenseat Ltd. “Machinex has been key to helping us achieve this and we are happy to be working with them again on the design and installation of our container recycling facility.” “What we achieved for Levenseat at their waste treatment facility represents an important part of the future of our industry,” commented Jonathan Menard, executive VP sales and strategic positioning at Machinex. “Turning waste into energy and removing recyclables is an environmental and economical solution for many large cities and regions, not only in Europe but all around the world.” The Levenseat system is processing 42 tonnes of material per hour and it will produce a minimum of 100,000 tonnes per year of high quality RDF (Refused Derived Fuel) as a feedstock for the adjacent Levenseat Power Plant, while also maximizing the recovery of high value recyclables such as paper, cardboard, plastic, metal and wood. The system also produces a Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) stream from super-light and high calorific non-recyclable waste commodities. Key technology at the plant provided by Machinex includes a trommel, air separators, MACH Ballistic Separators, MACH Hyspec optical sorting units, two single-ram balers, as well as a belt dryer manufactured by Andritz.
12 Recycling Product News March 2018
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has established a new Recycling Task Force, created to provide guidance to members, industry stakeholders, state/provincial and local governments, and elected officials, concerning the challenges facing recycling programs in the United States and Canada. With China’s waste ban already in place and the 0.5 percent contamination standard taking effect as of March 1, SWANA’s Recycling Task Force will develop and support strategies for ensuring the continuation of sustainable recycling programs throughout North America.
SCS Engineers to oversee construction of advanced MRF in Maine for Fiberight
SCS Engineers, based out of Long Beach, California, hired as the independent engineer and construction monitor by Fiberight LLC, recently submitted their due diligence report supporting the construction of an advanced materials recovery and processing facility (MRF) in Hampden, Maine. The 180,000-ton per year MRF, being built in partnership with CP Group, which is supplying all of the MRFs front-end technology, will recover and convert mixed waste materials into high-value commodities. The facility will serve 83 municipalities and public entities.
GFL acquires Smithrite Disposal and Carney’s Waste Systems GFL Environmental Inc. recently closed the acquisition of Smithrite Disposal and Carney’s Waste Systems. Smithrite and Carney’s are B.C.-based independent solid waste service providers in British Columbia, providing solid waste, recyclable and organic food waste collection, hauling, processing and management services to municipal, commercial and industrial customers. The acquisition will complement and extend GFL’s existing solid and liquid waste operations in B.C.