Prince William Chamber members tour recycling center
It’s a museum dedicated to recycling.
Along the walls in the American Recycling Center in Manassas are informative passages, diagrams, and graphics that show just how some of the waste we generate inside our homes and workplaces is recycled.
Members of the Prince William Chamber of Commerce gathered at the center on Residency Road on Wednesday to learn more about the work that goes on at the recycling plant.
Attendees viewed an informative video, and tours of the facility were provided.
The American Recycling Center, operated by American Disposal, is a single stream recycling plant. It processes 40 tons of recyclable material per hour. Inside the walls are as many as 50 employees working to get the job done.
Most of the materials brought to the recycling center come from homes and businesses outside the Capital Beltway in Virginia. The material is transported to the facility by truck.
All of the materials are separated by type once they arrive. The materials are then bailed and then placed into a sea shipping container or onto an 18-wheel truck for transporting elsewhere. Many of the materials end up at a seaport or go through a refinement process all to create new products from recycled materials.
For example, a recycled aluminum can is made into a new aluminum can in a span of 60 days.
American Disposal serves a wide footprint in Virginia. The company services customers along the Interstate 95 corridor from Stafford and then north to the Washington, D.C. border, and along the I-81 corridor from Winchester to Strasburg.
