EDCO unveiled its newest recycling facility recently in Escondido. The Escondido Resource Recovery center at 1021 W. Mission Ave. is expected to divert as much as 520 billion pounds of waste coming from throughout the San Diego area.
The 70,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility can process 100,000 pounds of commingled recycling per hour using a series of screens, magnets, high-speed optic scanners and conveyors to separate mixed loads of recyclable material.
The material recovery facility was built as part of the company鈥檚 effort to work toward the goal of achieving zero waste throughout the region. The plant is one of five recycling facilities that EDCO operates in San Diego County.
The construction of the commingled recycling facility and administrative offices marks the completion of the initial building stage of the fully permitted master facility plan. The next phase includes building a mixed-waste processing facility, an anaerobic digester and public education room.
After all phases of construction are completed, including building the transfer station and Renewable Natural Gas powered collection fleet, the center is expected to be one of the most innovative facilities of its type across the country.
Construction on all phases is expected to be completed within three years.
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