Mid Valley Disposal selects CP Group to design its Fresno, California, MRF

Kerman, California-headquartered Mid Valley Disposal, a family-owned recycling and hauling company, has announced the grand reopening of its Mid Valley Disposal Elm material recovery facility (MRF) in Fresno, California. The MRF features a single-stream and commercial recycling system designed and manufactured by San Diego-based CP Group that is capable of processing 35 tons per hour. The system started up April 26, 2017. 

“We are pleased to have partnered with CP Group and reinvested in the San Joaquin Valley,” says Jonathan Kalpakoff, vice president of Mid Valley Disposal. “Increased processing capacity and the recovery of more recyclables will help with our commitment to increase diversion for the communities we serve. We selected CP Group because of their commitment to quality and being a California family business like us.”

The MRF’s original 20-ton-per-hour processing system was installed in 2001, but the facility required more capacity and better recovery over time.

The CP Group reused the original system’s bunkers, silos, baling system and tip floor pit and the existing building.

“This system includes some of our latest recovery technologies, including glass processing and optical sorting technology,” says Ashley Davis, director of sales and marketing, CP Group. “We are honored to work with Mid Valley on this project and bring this modern facility to Fresno. It is an integral part of the recycling capabilities offered to the county.” 

She continues, “Like myself, the Kalpakoff brothers are [the] third generation in the waste industry. It is rewarding to work with another family-owned company and see recycling progress through the generations.”

The MRF features three MSS optical sorters. The Cirrus FiberMax removes film and other contaminants from the fiber stream, while the two Cirrus PlasticMax units separate HDPE (high-density polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate), and mixed plastics. The system also features proprietary CP disc screening technology, including CP’s steel-disc OCCScreen, Scalping Screens and Glass Breaker Screens, along with one NewScreen and two CPScreens. An air drum style glass cleaner is used to remove the lights from the glass. The system recovers cardboard, mixed paper, glass, PET and color and natural HDPE.

Mid Valley serves 89,000 households in Fresno and the surrounding counties with its fleet of 165 trucks. The MRF processes recyclables for half of the city of Fresno and for 75,000 households from third-party haulers in the counties of Madera, Tulare, King and San Luis Obispo.

CP Group is comprised of CP Manufacturing, Krause Manufacturing, MSS Inc. and Advanced MRF. The company provides turnkey solutions for mixed waste, residential recycling, commercial and industrial, construction and demolition and electronic scrap applications, including recycling system design, manufacturing, retrofits, audits and consulting.