Meridian Waste North Carolina, LLC, an integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, hosted a groundbreaking in September for its Shotwell Environmental Park’s state-of-the-art materials recovery facility, a first of its kind in the greater Triangle marketplace. The materials recovery facility (MRF) is permitted by both Wake County and the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to sort and remove for resale or reuse economically viable materials from construction and demolition (C&D) debris. The benefits of the MRF are numerous, including saving valuable airspace in the existing C&D landfill, preserving natural resources by utilizing materials that would otherwise be disposed of within the landfill, providing the building community greater options for LEED-building certification, and helping the County and the State achieve sustainability goals.
Shotwell Environmental Park guests at the groundbreaking for the new C&D debris MRF. Pictured from left to right: Roger Hendrick, Hendrick Construction; Bianca Howard, Wake County Solid Waste; Cooper Tharp, Shotwell Environmental Park; Emily Lucas, Wake County Deputy County Manager; Don Mial, Wake County Commissioner District 1; Dave Lavender, Meridian Waste Acquisitions; Patrick Messinger, Meridian Waste North Carolina, and Rufus Edmisten, former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State.
The construction of the site is expected to take less than one year with operations beginning in mid-2024. The recycling facility is being built to allow for expansion of equipment and staff as recycling demand increases.