The City of Glendale, Arizona, wanted to unveil an expanded and improved recycling program, complete with a material recovery facility, at a Fourth of July celebration of the Year 2000. A contract was signed with HDR, in June 1999, to design the centerpiece of the recycling initiative, a 50,000-square foot MRF capable of processing 125-tons-per-day. In less than six months design was complete and the facility was operational in just 13 months - a remarkably fast turnaround for such a project.
Unique Features |
» | Thirteen-month project turnaround unheard of in the industry |
» | Single-stream system efficiently handles waste from diverse sources |
Fast-growing suburban Phoenix, including hundreds of thousands in Glendale, Peoria and Goodyear, are served by the facility and the city is able to partially support operations revenue from marketable recycled goods. Aided by the MRF, Glendale's recycling program preserves more than a quarter million cubic yards of landfill space each year and has recycled enough paper to equal 1.4 million trees.
Glendale MRF conceptual designs and design development were provided by HDR, as was construction administration. Before the MRF went online, equipment testing, training and start up were initiated by HDR Within the finished facility is a 4,000-square-foot administration area, 31,500 square feet for processing and storage. Exterior storage is covered and the material processing area relies on evaporative cooling systems.
Glendale MRF now ably serves the city's recycling program collecting metals, plastics, paper and boxes. Its semi-automatic single-stream system, designed by San Diego firm CP Manufacturing, allows the MRF to accept and process loads from multiple sources including self-haul, commercial waste loads and City of Glendale loads.