Southern Recycling opens new facility

Southern Recycling LLC—along with representatives from Warren County, Kentucky; the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky; the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce; and Houchens Industries, Southern Recycling’s parent company—gathered to officially open Southern Recycling’s new processing facility in Bowling Green. The new facility includes scrap processing equipment installed to increase the company’s processing capacity.

“We are thrilled to have this new state-of-the-art recycling facility here in Bowling Green,” states Spencer Coates, president of Houchens. “We at Houchens Industries and Southern Recycling would like to thank everyone involved in the design and completion of this facility, including the Chamber of Commerce, city and county governments and their representatives, and Stewart Richey Construction. Of course, we are most thankful to the management and employees of Southern Recycling for their hard work and dedication.”

Southern Recycling LLC now operates five processing facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee. The company, founded in 1985 and serving industrial, commercial and residential recycling customers, says it specializes in processing ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Southern Recycling is processing and shipping more than 25,000 tons per month of scrap metal and recyclables from its facilities.

“We are very excited to now position Southern Recycling as the region’s premier recycling facility and to be able to support the growth of Warren County and the surrounding area,” says John Fellonneau, Southern Recycling’s president.

Ron Bunch, president and CEO of the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, says, “We are proud to support Southern Recycling and Houchens Industries in celebration of their new facility in Bowling Green. Our community has experienced unprecedented growth, which is made possible because of the valuable business and consumer services provided by companies like Southern Recycling and Houchens Industries.”