Broad Run Recycling Process

Below is an outline of the recycling process with numbered images to reference with each step

Trucks weigh in with “speed pass” technology.
Trucks tip loads onto plant floor
Excavator lifts waste material on to finger screener feed belt
Items run through initial screens
Small items (8″ and less) fall through screens, metal is extracted via magnet, then sent to the de-stoner for mechanical removal of aggregate
8″ and larger items move to manual sorting line
These larger items are sorted then dropped into the appropriate bunkers.
Items are organized before removal from facility

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