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ECOLOMONDO RECYCLING PROJECT REMAINS ON TRACK GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Work continues on the Ecolomondo proj- ect, a “green” addition to Hawkesbury’s industrial sector and the company is optimistic about having its new show- piece recycling facility ready soon. “The building itself is coming along quite well,” said Elio Sorella, Ecolomondo chief executive officer, during a phone interview. The company’s latest quarterly financial report reported “substantial progress” on construction for its Hawkesbury thermal decomposition commercial/industrial recy- cling facility on Tessier Street. Construction on the $30 million project began in August 2019 and the company expects to have the building ready for installation of recycling processing equipment in August this year.
Construction of the Ecolomondo recycling plant on Tessier Street in Hawkesbury continues at a steady pace since the August 2019 groundbreaking ceremony. The latest report from the company indicates the building should be ready for installation of equipment by August this year so that it can begin operations soon. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
“We should be starting operations then in December or January,” said Sorella, adding that a test run of the plant’s tire recycling process should take place in November this year. When completed, the facility will begin the first phase of the company’s planned recycling operation, which involves process- ing used tires to produce recovered carbon black. This material can be used as a colour pigment in plastics, paints, and inks, and as a reinforcing filler for new tires and other rubber products. Other products for sale to global markets from the tire recycling process include lubricating oil and recovered steel. “We have markets for all the products that we produce,” said Sorella. Once the tire-recycling operation is well underway with established sales markets, the second phase of the company’s plan for the facility is for recycling various kinds of used plastic, ranging from single-use shop- ping bags to the heavy industrial-grade farm plastic used for protecting hay bales from the weather. The facility is expected to provide be- tween 40 and 60 local jobs when in full operation and Sorella noted that hiring is already underway, with emphasis given to local applicants.
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