The owners of Reliable Roll-Off have decided to meet a niche in Southwestern Florida by building a new construction and demolition recycling facility in Bonita, Fla.
Richard Smith, one of the partners in Reliable, says that the owners saw a need for a C&D recycling facility in the area. The company has been operating its roll-off services for around three years.
After meeting with several local and county government officials, the company decided to build a facility that would take in and process the recyclables coming from the roll offs the company already was hauling. Reliable has been in operation for around three years.
Smith says the plant is in the process of obtaining operating permits and could break ground on a building within the next three months. The building will be around 24,000 square feet. He hopes the 2 1/2 acre facility will be taking in material by early next year. The facility will be able to handle 500 tons of material a day.
The company also has been in discussions with some equipment manufacturers to provide the proper equipment that will be used to process the collected material. One piece of equipment the company will focus on is a grinder, which will allow the company to make a compostable material from some green waste, wood and even gypsum.
Smith says the company also will take in and process OCC, most grades of metal, and plastics. He estimates 70 percent of the material delivered to the facility will be recycled.