Van Dyk, Tomra Help Equip MRF In Maryland
the University of Limerick.The collaborative research will focus on the application of technologies to the challenges of waste and recycling companies worldwide that need to fully automate the recording and resolution of exceptions recorded on collection rounds, such as contamination of collected recyclable materials and other service items such as blocked service access or overloaded containers. AMCS said the project will investigate the application of key-enabling technologies frequently used in smart man- ufacturing environments, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, camera vision and computer vision to automate these processes and minimize intervention by drivers and administration staff.According to AMCS, the ini- tial project is a two-year investment and will involve a team of Confirm Ph.D. researchers and academics collaborating with AMCS employees. Rumpke Acquires Landfill, Transfer Assets In Ohio RumpkeWaste & Recycling, ColerainTownship, Ohio, has signed agreements with Logan, Ohio-based Kilbarger Con- struction Inc. to acquire certain assets from the company and to assume operations of the Athens Hocking Reclama- tion Center Landfill located in Nelsonville, Ohio, and the Meigs County Transfer Station in Pomeroy, Ohio. Rumpke assumed operations July 16, and permits were transferred on September 27.The Athens Hocking Landfill first opened in 1983 and boasts more than 500 acres.
The Prince George’s County, Maryland, Department of the Environment (DoE) has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its material recovery facility (MRF) in Largo, Maryland, to display new equipment the DoE said will help process recy- clables “more cleanly and efficiently.” Among the equipment installed in Largo are three new Tomra optical sorting units, an additional elliptical sep- arator, a new permanent magnet, an eddy current separa- tor and a master control panel (MCC).The equipment for the project was supplied by Van Dyk Recycling Solutions, Norwalk, Connecticut. Also included is a new plastics sorting line with four 75-cubic-yard storage bunkers for polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyeth- ylene (HDPE) natural, HDPE multicolored and polypro- pylene (PP) plastic scrap. The MRF opened its doors in October 1993 as a 65,000-square foot facility.The facility processed more than 70,000 tons of recyclables in 2020. AMCS, Confirm Agree To Research Waste, Recycling AMCS, a Limerick, Ireland-based global supplier of integrat- ed software and vehicle technology for the waste, recycling and resource industries, has started a collaborative research project with Confirm, the Science Foundation Ireland-fund- ed research center for smart manufacturing that is hosted by
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