Machinex to supply Montréal MRF

Plessisville, Québec-based Machinex Technologies has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture and install a sorting system at a new material recovery facility (MRF) being built in Montréal.

The new MRF, according to Machinex, is being developed to strengthen future curbside recycling activities in the East Island region of Montréal. The plant will be operated by Matrec, a division of Ontario-based GFL Environmental.

The new residential single-stream system will have the ability to process up to 52 tons per hour of material. Machinex models to be deployed include MACH Hyspec optical sorters, ballistic separators, eddy current separators and other devices.

The new system will sort fiber, ferrous and nonferrous metals, glass and several types of plastic, including polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and mixed plastics. “The selected system is highly automated, flexible for current and future needs and includes multiple redundancy to ensure optimal uptime,” says David Marcouiller, executive vice president at Machinex.

“Machinex and the system operator collaborated in the design phase, working together to optimize and streamline the sorting system. [Combining] inputs from both parties is key to establish the final plans, resulting in facilitated operations, especially greater space optimization for equipment maintenance access, traffic flow and more.”

The technology provider says a recent groundbreaking ceremony for the new MRF signified joint efforts and a long-standing partnership between Machinex and Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ), a nonprofit organization that helps jurisdictions comply with the province’s packaging and paper recycling laws.

Machinex says the project promotes local, "cutting-edge" sorting technologies and the collaboration between the two companies, aiming to modernize the curbside recycling system for a sustainable future in Québec.