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programs contain the following items: Aluminum cans, steel
cans, glass bottles, plastic beverage containers, detergent
bottles, milk jugs, newspaper, old corrugated containers,
and various other papers generated by homes, offices, and
institutions. This material is consolidated and delivered
to Blue Mountain Recycling’s processing facility. Dealing
with the disposal of these materials is the last step in
a complete recycling program.
Aluminum
Cans
Blue Mountain Recycling has an exclusive relationship
with Anheuser-Busch. This company consumes the cans for
conversion into new sheet for production and stamping of new
aluminum cans.
Steel Cans
Blue Mountain Recycling is currently under a long-term supply contract Tube City,
Inc. who supplies U.S. Steel with it’s raw materials for the automotive
industry, as well as its tin sheeting needs for the production of domestic appliances.
Glass Bottles
Blue Mountain Recycling converts virtually all of the glass
produced from curbside recycling programs into ASHTO 8, and
ASHTO 10 grade aggregate products. This material is used
in numerous applications including filter medium, erosion
control, custom asphalt blends, reduced weight concrete mixes
etc. The unique properties of glass provide the user with
a lightweight alternative that outperforms traditional aggregate
material.
Plastic Beverage Containers
All plastic beverage containers are made from Polyethylene- Terephthalate (PET).
PET is a valuable resource to the carpeting and clothing industries. The PET
bottles are washed and ground to pellet form. These pellets are melted and loomed
into fiber for re-use. Blue Mountain Recycling supplies Mohawk Ind., Shaw Carpet
Co., and Wellman Industries.
Detergent Bottles (Pigmented)
Detergent bottles (High Density Polyethylene) are a fine substitute for virgin
resins. The are ground into pellets and used for any application that requires
other than naturally pigmented plastic to be used for forming plastic parts
such as, park benches, detergent bottles, plastic car parts and toys. Blue
Mountain Recycling supplies Detergent bottles to KW Plastics, Ensley Corporation
and Trex Plastic Lumber Company.
Milk Jugs
Milk jugs are made from HDPE that has not been pigmented. This grade of plastic
has more range of use than detergent bottles because milk jugs can be converted
to any color desired by the end-user. Its greater range of use and low
supply creates a greater value for the supplier. Blue Mountain Recycling
supplies KW Plastics, Ensley Corporation and Trex Plastic Lumber Company.
Newspaper
Curbside generated newspaper consists of the entire circular delivered to the
home. This would include the newspaper,
inserts, and magazine stock. Newspaper is a superior substitute to virgin wood
and can be re-used to produce newspaper type products at a fraction of the
cost of virgin. There are three global consumers of recycled newsprint
that offer Blue Mountain Recycling long-term security of movement and use,
Bowater, Smurfitt-Stone and Abitibi-Consolodated .
Old Corrugated Containers
Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) are a valuable resource and alternative to
virgin wood. Liner and Medium (the outer and inner layers of a box) has
increased and maintained value over the past three years. This is due to
the recent consolidation of the world box producers. Blue Mountain Recycling
supplies Solvay Paperboard, Smurfit-Stone, and Canusa Corp.
Office Paper
Blue Mountain Recycling is the largest office waste processing facility in the
Mid Atlantic region. We have maintained our marketing practice with office paper
by securing a long term exclusive contract for our region with Kimberly-Clark
for all volume generated from our facilities.
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