In 2012, ENR ran an article about a naively ambitious Denver-based start-up that was diverting construction materials from the landfills by “repurposing” them. The company was then just a year old and was still learning the basics of repurposing.
More than three years after its $298-million acquisition by construction services provider Arcosa Inc., Houston-based recycling and demolition specialist Cherry Cos. is gradually rebranding itself as Arcosa Stabilized & Recycling.
The $19.5-million Muscatine Organics Recycling Center is one of just three municipally owned food waste recycling facilities in the U.S. and the only one in the Midwest.
The Tennessee Recycling Coalition recently awarded Skanska its 2018 Government Recycler of the Year Award for the project team’s successful waste diversion program during the historic renovation of the Cordell Hull State Office Building.
As the largest single-stream recycling facility in the U.S., the $34-million Southern Nevada Recycling Center located on an 18-acre site in North Las Vegas, Nev., took six months to design, another six months to obtain permits and 12 months to build.