2. C&D Processors are regulated solid waste handling
facilities
There are 16 permitted facilities in Massachusetts
Each processor is required to operate their facilities
according to a documented and recorded waste ban
plan
These plans describe in detail the staffing
levels, sorting/recycling equipment and floor plan
layout necessary to operate the facility
Each processors is required to submit accurate records
on all incoming and outgoing material
3. Incoming debris is weighed at the scale house
Loads are then inspected for hazardous material
(suspected asbestos containing material) and waste ban
items
Approved loads are then unloaded on the plant’s tipping
floor
Large easily identifiable materials are separated on the
tipping floor and stored in designated areas
The remaining material is pushed up to a feeder pile
An excavator with a grapple sits on top of the pile and
feeds the recycling equipment line
4. The recycling line separates the material by size
6”- material is conveyed over a magnet to remove
ferrous material and then sent up a conveyor belt and
fed into a destoner which uses forced air to remove the
heavy material (ABC) while the lighter material is blown
out the back of the conveyor belt
The 6”+ material is run over a star screen to remove
fines/dirt and then conveyed up a manual sorting line
where laborers segregate the material by type
The material is dropped below to storage bunkers