Zwicky Processing and Recycling (ZPR) facility located over 120 acres of land in Berks County, Pennsylvania, enables the clients to dispose of their wastes and also assists those producers who look forward to cut down the cost of normal fossil fuels through biomass fuel replacement.
Recycling facility of ZPR. Credit: ZPR
The company has been functioning in close association with Morbark and Continental Biomass Industries and formulated a C&D (Construction & Demolition) scrap recycling system that enables it to manufacture large volumes of quality biofuel as end product. The company manufactures biofuel from around 1200 t of scrap material mostly of C&D scrap it receives at its facilities thus offering a perfect choice instead of dumping the materials in landfills. With over 93% landfill diversion rate it enables business clients in New Jersey and eastern New York to increase their sustainability ratings and assist them in their attempts to achieve LEED certification. It issues certificates to such customers asserting itself as an advantageous reuse facility.
The company in addition to having a permit to receive C&D wastes also has sanction to receive wood treated with creosote and pentachlorophenol used in railway ties and utility poles, wastes during the food manufacturing process, latex, elastomer, rubber and plastic wastes. The company has a variety of options to formulate the fuel from the range of scrap materials it receives. The company offers the clients a choice of high level BTU alternatives or work along with them to generate a fuel that matches their burner and discharge needs. On determining the best combination of fuel, ZPR produces the fuel and stores it in its covered storage facility to preserve the highest level of fuel value possible.
Source: http://www.zwickyrecycles.com