“We know of everything that comes in here,” he said. “Every electronic is accounted for.” Every item that passes through the loading dock doors receives a number. With that very same number, the plant can track down the item, from when it’s received to when it becomes shredded. After being received, the items are thoroughly sorted and divided in Gaylord boxes. “We get everything,” Hubert continued, walking around them and pointing at their contents. “Here we have keyboards, computer towers and computer monitors. We even get those old wooden speakers!” A short walk leads to an area where several workers are busy tearing apart laptops. “Today, they’re working on laptops,” explained themanager. “On some days, they work on televisions too.” The workers quickly but carefully dismantle some parts before throwing the shell of laptops into boxes. After having seemingly inspected every inch of the plant, themanager walks towards an opening which reveals an even bigger open space. “This is our warehouse,” he outlined. There, sitting patiently awaiting their departure, are skids of various colours. “That’s where all the televisions are,” he said, pointing to twenty or so skids. “If I was to give this to my guys to take apart, they could do it in less than a day. They work hard.” Surrounding us are also countless skids containing certain types of plastic and tin. “Those newer devices are all made of plastic, so we process a lot of it,” said the manager. “There’s also a lot of tin to go through.” “We go through a lot of plastic,” said Hubert. “So when we encounter some, we put it in the baler.” Balers are used on sheet metal and plastic tomake use of space in themost efficient way possible. Once the products are baled and weighs around 50,000 pounds, it’s placed upon a skid and shipped to a different FCM facility in Quebec. The whole of the operations can be observed froma small office located several feet in the air. It’s there that Connie Leroux, sales coordinator for FCM Recycling, can oversee much of the operations. “It’s truly incredible,” she said, staring out of one of the office’s window. With so many objects coming into the facility, it’s no wonder the workers have stumbled upon heaps of interesting things. “Oh, they’ve found some very interesting things,” she exclaimed, smiling. “They’ve found things hidden in older television sets and even a lot of mice.” And no, FCMdoesn’t recycle those sorts of mice.
Televisions are the most common electronics to pass through the loading docks of the facility. They are put on skids and sent to Quebec, where they are shredded.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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