Resource Recycling (RR), Howell, New Jersey, is reaching out to area residents at www.sustainablenjnow.com regarding its efforts to bring a clean recycling center to Howell Township. Eight years ago, RR transformed a dilapidated site into a recycling business, and it plans to expand operations to include the recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) debris. This will add 40 full-time jobs.
Currently, area C&D debris is being trucked through Howell to landfills in northern Monmouth County. The expanded facility will intercept truck traffic that is now traveling through Howell but not contributing to the township's revenue. RR will pay a per ton host fee back to Howell.
"We're investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up this site and make it a sustainable recycling center, recycling 70 percent of incoming material that would otherwise end up in New Jersey landfills,” Bernie Gutherz of Resource Recycling says. "We will also be providing significant fees to Howell Township."
The planned recycling operations will take place inside a new building designed to reduce noise and dust.
A traffic light and turning lanes will be added to the intersection of Randolph and Route 547 to improve the safety of motorists and residents.
The expanded recycling transfer station will accept C&D debris only. A large portion of the sorted material will be clean wood, which will be processed into mulch on-site. Planners confirm that household trash will never be accepted.