Since the beginning of civilization, people have tried to dispose of waste to ensure the safety of public health and keep the surrounding environment protected. Burying trash was the common practice. Without any knowledge of the dangers of groundwater contamination, odor and disease, dumps became unsightly breeding grounds for disease and vermin.
All that has changed. State of the art landfills follow U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) criteria to protect groundwater, prevent disease and deter vectors (rodents, birds, and insects). State, local and federal laws prevent landfills from being built near floodplains, wetlands and seismic areas to protect human health and the environment.
What takes place at East End Resource Recovery?
Our work begins the moment a truck from a construction and/or demolition job enters our road and is screened at the gatehouse by one of our associates. In compliance with our DEQ permit, we do not accept hazardous materials, or residential garbage.
Waste materials are then identified and sent to the recycling area of the current active cell (a landfill is comprised of many cells that are created, filled and closed).
Typically we take in, sort and recycle the following C&D materials:
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- Ferrous (Metals)
- Non-ferrous
- Fiber (Old corrugated containers from packaging)
- Wood Waste (Pallets from packaging)
- Heavy Materials (Concrete, brick, cinderblocks, asphalt)
In an active cell, we use custom-designed equipment to grind construction and demolition waste and automatically separate the ferrous materials. The other separated product matter is thereby reduced in size and then fed into a mobile sorting system where other fiber, non ferrous, and recyclables are segregated.
This entire process reduces intake into a cell by more than 40%, extending the life of a cell and reducing overall land use for new cells.
About Landfills
Since the beginning of civilization, people have tried to dispose of waste to ensure the safety of public health and keep the surrounding environment protected. Burying trash was the common practice. Without any knowledge of the dangers of groundwater contamination, odor and disease, dumps became unsightly breeding grounds for disease and vermin.
All that has changed. State of the art landfills follow U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) criteria to protect groundwater, prevent disease and deter vectors (rodents, birds, and insects). State, local and federal laws prevent landfills from being built near floodplains, wetlands and seismic areas to protect human health and the environment.
Our work begins the moment a truck from a construction and/or demolition job enters our road and is screened at the gatehouse by one of our associates. In compliance with our DEQ permit, we do not accept hazardous materials, or residential garbage.
Waste materials are then identified and sent to the recycling area of the current active cell (a landfill is comprised of many cells that are created, filled and closed).
Typically we take in, sort and recycle the following C&D materials:
Click the photo to enlarge
In an active cell, we use custom-designed equipment to grind construction and demolition waste and automatically separate the ferrous materials. The other separated product matter is thereby reduced in size and then fed into a mobile sorting system where other fiber, non ferrous, and recyclables are segregated.
This entire process reduces intake into a cell by more than 40%, extending the life of a cell and reducing overall land use for new cells.