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Technologically Advanced Single Stream and Commercial Recycling System

FRESNO, CA (May 31, 2016) – Mid Valley Disposal, a family owned recycling and hauling company, announces the grand re-opening of its Mid Valley Disposal Elm MRF in Fresno, California. Designed and manufactured by San Diego, California-based CP Group, the recycling system processes 35 tons an hour of residential and commercial material. The system start-up was April 26, 2017.

“We are pleased to have partnered with CP Group and reinvested in the San Joaquin Valley,” says Jonathan Kalpakoff, VP 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 original system was installed in 2001 and processed 20 tons an hour. Due to needs for increased capacity and better recovery, Mid Valley turned to CP Group, who supplied all the new processing equipment. The bunkers, silos, baling system and tip floor pit from the original system were reused in 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 at 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.”

The advanced material recovery facility features three MSS optical sorters. The CIRRUS^® FiberMax^™ is used to remove film and other contaminants out of the fiber stream, while the two CIRRUS^® PlasticMax^™ units separate HDPE, PET, 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 1 NewScreen^™ and 2 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 both color and natural HDPE.

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

With its fleet of 165 trucks, Mid Valley serves 89,000 households in Fresno and the surrounding counties. The MRF processes recyclables for half of the City of Fresno, and also for 75,000 households from 3^rd party haulers in the counties of Madera, Tulare, King, and San Luis Obisbo.

System is Most Modern Recycling Facility in the Country of Argentina

The City of Buenos Aires, in partnership with San Diego-based CP Group, opened the most advanced recycling system in the country of Argentina. The new 10 TPH residential single stream recycling system began running last October in Villa Soldati, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Since then it has helped the city achieve its sustainability goals.

“It’s the most modern recycling center in Argentina,” announced the Head of Government of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, at the inauguration of the plant in October 2016. “The city has improved a lot in the separation and treatment of recyclable waste,” he continued. “4 or 5 years ago nothing was separated. Today, this system is recovering 400 tons of dry materials per week, and that amount is expected to double to 800 tons per week in 2019.”

The system features CP separation equipment, including the CPScreen™ for 2D/3D separation, MSS Aladdin™ optical sorter, CP Metering Drum, CP OCCScreen™, and CP Glass Breaker Screen with patented Cam-Discs™.

The recycling system is part of the city’s Green Center, a program involved with recovering recyclable materials and providing education about waste treatment processes and its importance in Buenos Aires.

“Throughout the entire process, the City of Buenos Aires has demonstrated environmental leadership as well as a long term commitment to developing a sustainable solution for capturing the valuable recyclables and diverting them from the landfill,” says Dirk Kantak, International Sales Director for CP Group.“Between the City of Buenos Aires, and our local Distributor (Coinsa Construcciones), we could not have asked for two better partners on this successful project.”

The materials recovery facility (MRF) began running October 2016. During the training and commissioning period, CP Group worked closely with the Spanish-speaking local staff to operate and maintain the MRF.

Allows users to walk through full recycling systems using virtual reality

SAN DIEGO, CA (May 9, 2017) – CP Group, recycling solutions provider and equipment manufacturer based in San Diego, CA, unveil the Virtual MRF today at Waste Expo in New Orleans, LA.

The Virtual MRF is a virtual reality simulation that uses two hand held controls and a virtual reality headset. The simulation allows users to explore every inch of a life-size computer-generated model of a material recovery facility (MRF) in real time.

“This unlike anything that has been done before in our industry,” says Ashley Davis, Director of Sales and Marketing for CP Group. “Our Virtual MRF uses the most cutting-edge tech to provide our customers with a very concrete sense of what their facility will be like before anything is actually built. This technology has a lot of potential, not only for our sales force, but for our engineers, and we’re proud to be the first to bring it into the recycling equipment manufacturing industry.”

CP Group will be running Virtual MRF demonstrations at their booth #3647 throughout Waste Expo, May 9-11.

New Advanced Sorting System Brings Increased Recycling Capability to Region

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (April 19, 2017) – Republic Services celebrated its enhanced recycling facility today that will enable Sonoma County to achieve their sustainability goals for years to come. The Sonoma County Recycling Center is capable of processing more than 200 tons of recyclable material per day, and is expected to increase the recycling capacity in the region.

“The new enhanced Recycling Center offers significant environmental benefits to the community and the customers we are fortunate to serve,” said Mike Caprio, area president of Republic Services. “We now have the ability to increase recycling efforts, while diverting valuable materials from the landfill. The facility has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which offers a substantial contribution to the community’s climate protection goals.”

The existing 32,000-square foot Recycling Center was expanded with an additional 6,000-square feet constructed by ET Environmental, bringing the new combined square footage to 38,000. The processing system was designed and installed by the CP Group.

The facility offers a variety of features to provide flexible processing capabilities. The equipment includes two material processing options. The first is an in-feed conveyor for collected commercial materials such as cardboard, mixed paper, containers, film and plastics.

The second is a hopper-fed construction and demolition (also known as C&D) conveyance system with multiple sorting stations. The system includes a baler for packaging recyclable materials such as cardboard, mixed paper and other materials. The facility also has a separate bale storage building to protect the finished products from rain prior to shipment to market.

The enhanced Recycling Center was part of a three-year Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) collaborative process between multiple municipalities, the County and a diverse group of public stakeholders. They identified three underserved waste streams; self-haul, commercial dry waste, and C&D waste materials that could be addressed with a robust recycling center and program.

Republic Services of Sonoma County employs 26 employees. They proudly serve over 265 commercial customers as well as thousands of residents throughout the year. Republic also operates the Central Landfill and five transfer stations in the County of Sonoma.

Known as the Blue Planet^TM sustainability initiative, Republic is defining its approach to corporate social responsibility through reduced emissions from operations, materials management, safety, community engagement, and employee growth opportunities. Republic collects and processes approximately five million tons of recyclables per year at 64 recycling centers nationwide.

To view Republic’s Sustainability Report, go to https://www.republicservices.com/sustainability.

About Republic Services

Republic Services, Inc. is an industry leader in U.S. recycling and non-hazardous solid waste. Through its subsidiaries, Republic’s collection companies, recycling centers, transfer stations and landfills focus on providing effective solutions to make proper waste disposal effortless for its 14 million customers. We’ll handle it from here.^TM, the brand’s promise, lets customers know they can count on Republic to provide a superior experience while fostering a sustainable Blue Planet^TM for future generations to enjoy a cleaner, safer and healthier world.

The facility originally opened in 2008 after a major renovation.

Waste Pro opened a new 14,000-sq.-ft. material recovery facility at its regional operations center in Sarasota, Fla.

“Waste Pro’s expansion is a wonderful addition to the southern end of Manatee County,” Manatee County Commissioner Robin DiSabatino said in a statement.

The facility originally opened in 2008 after a major renovation.

“We are proud to have partnered with Manatee County on this recycling initiative,” Waste Pro Division Manager Sean Jennings said in a statement.  “We are committed to the community and are excited about the long term effects this will have on improving the quality of life for the residents in Manatee County.”

The project is a direct result of the need to process the large volume of recycled materials collected curbside by Waste Pro’s vehicles.  “The convenience and larger capacity of the new recycling carts has increased the overall amount of recyclables,” Waste

The SRQ Material Recovery Facility was designed by Tom Walter of the Walter Group of Sarasota and constructed by Metropole Construction of Fort Myers. The MRF is equipped to deal with Manatee County’s conversion to single-stream recycling, which went into effect last October. The facility will be processing up to 2,000 tons of mixed glass, metals, plastics, paper and cardboard, per month, from residential and commercial sources throughout unincorporated Manatee County.

High-tech, High-efficiency 15 TPH Commercial Single Stream Recycling System

SAN DIEGO, CA (January 30, 2017) – Resource Management Group (RMG), a San Diego-based materials management and recycling services provider, recently opened a new material recovery facility (MRF). Designed and installed by CP Group, the recycling system features MSS CIRRUS^® optical sorting technology and is designed for both commercial and multi-family single stream processing.

“At RMG, we are very proud to be the first MRF built in the City of San Diego in over 16 years. We look forward to playing a larger role as a solution provider in support of the City’s recycling ordinance and the state of California’s mandated diversion goals,” says Armen Derderian, President and Chief Executive Officer of RMG.

Derderian continues, “Our focus now is to grow our commercial and multi-family single-stream volumes while still achieving high recovery rates. CP’s System Engineers had to deal with a number of challenges, like the diversity of the incoming material streams and significant space limitations. But they delivered. We are pleased with our system and its capabilities.”

The majority of the system input is a blend of commercial and multi-family single stream materials, including OCC, OMP, and plastic film. After loading onto the incline conveyor, the material goes through a manual pre-sort station where any over-size items are removed. The 3-deck CP OCC Screen recovers cardboard, and a CP Glass Breaker Fines Screen removes <2″ fines. The remaining material enters the MSS CIRRUS^® optical sorter which is set up in a dual-eject configuration and positively ejects containers and fiber materials. This system is able to achieve a higher than 90% diversion with minimal manual sorting.

“This is a unique system in the way we use optical sorting technology to handle and sort fiber,” says Terry Schneider, President and Chief Executive Officer of CP Group. “Our team at CP Group has enjoyed working so closely with RMG to help them reach their diversion goals. They are a very progressive company.”

The MSS CIRRUS^® sensing technology features heavily in the success of the system. It allows the operator to select the different types of materials that should be targeted for ejection.

In standard operation mode for this facility, the CIRRUS^® positively identifies and extracts all containers (PET, HDPE, mixed plastics bottles, UBC and tin cans) into the first eject chute, and all mixed paper into the second eject chute, while allowing the residue to fall into the negative pass-through. Because a high percentage of the commercial and multi-family input stream consists of single sheets of paper as well as flexible packaging (plastic film), MSS’s proprietary air-assist system is installed to ensure proper material handling on the high-speed conveyor belt and through the detection and ejection zone.

About RMG:

The Resource Management Group, Inc was founded in 1994, and is a full-service waste and recyclable commodities solution company headquartered in San Diego, California. Focusing on being an environmental conscious company, RMG provides turn-key, nationwide corporate recycling services.

L-VIS® Optical Sorter Receives Upgrade with ColorMask™ and WireHawk™ Technologies

Nashville, TN (September 20, 2016) – MSS, Inc., the optical sorter division of the CP Group, is introducing two technology updates for its L-VIS® high-resolution color and shape optical sorter.

ColorMask™ is MSS’s proprietary illuminated reference technology and is featured in all L-VIS® units. The most recent design update features improved sorting accuracy for materials with difficult colors and weak contrast, like dark green circuit boards and black insulated wires.

The L-VIS® analyzes materials in flight over the ColorMask™ illuminated reference which is adjustable in color and light intensity for maximum contrast and accuracy.

“The L-VIS® continues to handle increasingly challenging materials,” says Felix Hottenstein, MSS Sales Director. “The improved ColorMask™ technology now allows our customers to utilize L-VIS® in even more sorting applications.”

MSS has also updated WireHawk™, the software algorithm behind the company’s patented wire shape identification technology specifically designed for electronic and automotive scrap applications. WireHawk™ recognition for L-VIS® provides customers with increased recovery rates for even the smallest and thinnest wires, resulting in higher returns for high-value commodities.

Greg Thibado, MSS Vice President, says, “We are very excited with the additional capabilities and flexibility that the combination of the ColorMask™ and WireHawk™ technologies bring to the L-VIS® platform. We expect our customers to see an uptick in paybacks on the equipment.”

As with all MSS optical sorters, additional identification capabilities can be added with MSS’s latest version of its induction sensor, the MetalSort™ II. Further fine-tuned sorting of ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless steel is made possible in combination with the color and shape sorting capabilities of the L-VIS®.

For the third consecutive year, a facility with a CP Group system has received a SWANA Gold Award.

SAN DIEGO, CA (August 3, 2016) – For the third year in a row, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has awarded the Gold Excellence Award in the Recycling Systems category to a recycling system developed by CP Group.

The 2016 Gold Excellence Award in Recycling Systems was won by Republic Services’ Southern Nevada Recycling Center, located in North Las Vegas, NV. The system features next-generation separation technology designed, manufactured and installed by CP Group.

The massive 70 tons per hour recycling center, recognized as “North America’s largest and smartest residential recycling center” is capable of processing two million pounds of recyclables per day.

“The new system is a powerhouse,” says CP Group’s Patrick Nicol, Lead System Engineer of the system. “It is a dual-line recovery facility, designed to adapt to the ever-changing recycling stream. We are very proud of our partnership with Republic Services and applaud them for the investments made to advance recycling capabilities.”

“This Gold Award three-peat speaks for itself,” says Terry Schneider, President and CEO of CP Group. “Naturally, we’ve always believed our systems were far ahead of the curve. These awards are confirmation that the recycling industry agrees with us.”

CP Group’s previous award-winning systems include: Dem-Con single stream system (2015 Gold Award); PVT Land C&D recycling system (2015 Silver Award); and Republic Services’ Dallas/Fort Worth Recycling Center (2014 Gold Award).

The Excellence Awards will be presented at SWANA’s annual conference, WASTECON^®, on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, in Indianapolis, Indiana.