American Recycling Acquired by Sonoco
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Sonoco Recycling Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., USA, this week completed the acquisition of American Recycling of South Carolina's Greenville location, a large material recovery facility (MRF). The new facility is expected to significantly increase Sonoco Recycling's ability to meet rising demand in the Upstate.
"With this acquisition, Sonoco Recycling has significantly expanded its single-stream recycling capabilities in the Upstate," said Jim Brown, VP, Sonoco Recycling. "The Greenville MRF will help accelerate Sonoco Recycling's current goal of doubling the volume of tons collected by 2014."
The acquisition of the Greenville facility as Sonoco Recycling's fifth MRF will expand Sonoco's operations in one of the largest metro cities in South Carolina. The company already has operations in Charleston, Columbia, and Spartanburg.
Currently, Sonoco Recycling's reclamation rates in South Carolina save approximately 843,000 cubic yards of landfill space, equating to enough landfill space for the annual disposal needs of more than a million South Carolinians. The company annually collects more than 3 million tons of old corrugated containers, various grades of paper, metals, and plastics.
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