CP Group to install single-stream MRF for Iowa county waste commission

The Waste Commission of Scott County (WCSC), Buffalo, Iowa, has partnered with CP Group, San Diego, to decommission its existing dual-stream recycling system and install a new single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) in Davenport, Iowa.

The new MRF will help WCSC achieve its goal of recovering more recyclables throughout the county while minimizing solid waste going to landfill, CP Group says. The system’s targeted performance rate will capture 95 percent or more of the recyclables.

“There is a lot of material to be processed,” says Kathy Morris, WCSC director. WCSC serves 75,000 households throughout Scott County, the third largest county in Iowa.

“Moving from dual-stream recycling to single-stream recycling will increase the quantity and variety of recyclables recovered in the WCSC’s service area,” she adds.

The MRF also will bale plastics, cardboard and other materials from WCSC’s nearby Electronic Demanufacturing Facility.

CP Group will decommission the old equipment and build, install and start up the new single-stream recycling system, which will handle approximately 20,000 tons per year (or 10 tons per hour) of residential recyclables. New CP sorting equipment will be used in conjunction with a new and an existing baler to create an integrated, cost-effective solution in WCSC’s existing building, CP Group says.

“The installation is going very well,” Morris says. “We are pleased with the system design, and we appreciate the extent to which CP Group has been involved in the process.” She adds, “The CP team has been awesome to work with.”  

CP disc screen technology features prominently in the single-stream system. The CP OCCScreen captures cardboard, while the CP Glass Breaker Screen captures glass and removes fines. The CPScreen uses patented cam-lobe discs that are designed to offer the proper agitation to separate 3D containers from 2D fiber, helping WCSC achieve its targeted 95 percent material capture rate, according to CP Group.

Advanced MRF, CP Group’s electrical controls division, will engineer and install WCSC’s advanced electrical controls and UL 508A certified enclosures. 

The system also features several key ergonomic improvements, such as the inclusion of maintenance rolling equipment paths that providing more access to equipment for maintenance and safety.

“The layout has been designed to maximize the tip areas, processing areas and end-product storage areas, such as bunkers and bale storage areas,” says Patrick Nicol, CP Group sales engineer and the designer of the system.

“We’ve also increased the rolling equipment paths,” he continues. “This increases safety, improves ease of maintenance and provides better ergonomics for workers—all of which help to increase system uptime.”

Startup and commissioning of the single-stream system will take place July 2016, CP Group says.