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Webinar dives into automation, verifiable material composition

Data is power and knowing how to leverage that power is vital in the rapidly evolving world of waste and recycling. Equipment is smarter and systems are more complex.

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Total Fiber Recovery to open $80 million recycled pulp plant in Virginia

CHESAPEAKE, VA – July 5, 2022—Total Fiber Recovery of Chesapeake (TFRC) has started construction of its $80 million recycled pulp production facility in the City of Chesapeake, Virginia. This will be the first of several such pulp facilities by Total Fiber Recovery.

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BHS Names Charles Shull Vice President

Eugene, Ore. – February 14, 2022 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Charles Shull to the position of Vice President.

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BHS Webinar explores AI and the Future of Recycling Facilities

Is a smart MRF a smart move? Our webinar tackles this question and more as we dive into how the future of recycling facilities is being shaped by advances in artificial intelligence—not just robotic sorters but AI at every step of the recycling process.

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BHS Names Chris Ulum NRT Managing Director

Eugene, Ore. – May 3 2021– – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)has named Christopher Ulum to the position of Managing Director of National Recovery Technologies (NRT).In his position Ulum will oversee all aspects of NRT’s operations, service, sales, product management and finances.

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Daniël Dammann joins Max-AI® sales team in Europe

AMSTERDAM – April 19,2021 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Daniël Dammann to the position of Sales Manager for Max-AI®. In his new role, Dammann joins the Max-AI® Europe sales team and will focus on sales in NL, BE, UK, DE, IE, Slovenia & Scandinavian markets.

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Monterey Retrofit Exceeds Expectations

“The district started to see immediate results…” That’s the experience Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWD) reported after it partnered with BHS in a retrofit in Q3 2020 to its 80-tph mixed waste Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). The $3.

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Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery Selects BHS for Recycling System Upgrade

Concord, CA. – February 2, 2021– – Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery (MDRR) selected Eugene, Ore.-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) for a major retrofit of the company’s Mt. Diablo Recycling Center (MDR) in Pittsburg, CA. Originally commissioned in 2009, MDR currently processes up to 20 tons per hour (tph)

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Thomas Brooks BHS CTO

BHS Names Thomas Brooks Chief Technology Officer

Eugene, Ore. – August 18, 2020 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Thomas Brooks to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Brooks assumes the role after serving as BHS’ Director of Technology and Product Development.

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NRT Launches ColorPlus with Max-AI

NRT Launches ColorPlus™ with Max-AI®

Nashville, Tenn. – July 8, 2020 – – The NRT ColorPlus™ with Max-AI® from National Recovery Technologies (NRT) integrates artificial intelligence (AI) into the company’s successful ColorPlus sorter.

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Retrofit Case Study: Midwest Fiber Recycling

BHS customer Midwest Fiber Recycling in Normal, Illinois was looking for ways to modernize their system to match changing recycling demands while improving overall system efficiency.

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Marion Resource Recycling Facility Selects BHS for Recycling System Bulkhandlingsystems.com

Marion Resource Recycling Facility Selects BHS for Recycling System

Salem, Ore. – June 9, 2020 – – Marion Resource Recycling Facility (MRRF) has selected Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to supply the company’s new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) to process Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris.

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Recology Max-AI Robotic Sorters

Recology Adds Max-AI® Technology to Pier 96 Recycling Center

SAN FRANCISCO – October 29, 2019 – –  San Francisco-based Recology has added four Max-AI® AQC (for Autonomous Quality Control) units and one VIS (for Visual Identification System) to the Recycle Central, a 200,000-square-foot materials recovery facility (MRF) the company operates on San Francisco’s Pier 96.

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Remi Le Grand to Lead Max-AI® Sales in Europe

Remi Le Grand to Lead Max-AI® Sales in Europe

AMSTERDAM – July 16, 2019 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Remi Le Grand to the position of Regional Sales Director for Max-AI®. In his new role, Le Grand is responsible for the Max-AI® sales team and business development in Europe. Max-AI technology is an Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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BHS Launches the Max-AI AQC-C

BHS Launches the Max-AI® AQC-C

EUGENE, Ore. – May 1, 2019 – –Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has launched the Max-AI® AQC-C, a solution that is comprised of Max-AI VIS (for Visual Identification System) and at least one collaborative robot (CoBot).

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RePower South Starts up Advanced Recycling System Max-AI

RePower South Starts up Advanced Recycling System

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – April 30, 2019 – –RePower South (RPS) has begun processing material at the company’s new recycling and recovery facility in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The recycling system, provided by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), is one of the most advanced in the world.

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CarbonLITE Selects BHS for Fully-Automated Plastics Recycling System Dallas and Max-AI

CarbonLITE Selects BHS for Fully-Automated Plastics Recycling System

Lehigh Valley, Pa. – February 5, 2019 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has been selected to supply the front-end recycling system for CarbonLITE’s newest post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) plant.

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Remi Le Grande Named Max-AI Regional Sales Manager

Remi Le Grand Named Max-AI® Regional Sales Manager

EUGENE, Ore. – Nov. 13, 2018 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Remi Le Grand to the position of Regional Sales Manager for Max-AI®. In his new role, Le Grand represents the growing Max-AI product line in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Poland and Benelux.

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BHS Supplied Plastics System Opens in Los Angeles

VERNON, Calif. – October 17, 2018– – rPlanet Earth has opened the company’s new 302,000-square-foot plastics recovery and production facility, capable of producing 80 million pounds of food and drink packaging annually. Germany-based Krones supplied its bottle-grade flake production system, including the Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) front-end bottle sorting system.

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NRT Adds Max-AI® Technology to Optical Sorters

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 5, 2018– – National Recovery Technologies (NRT) has integrated the company’s NRT SpydIR® optical sorter with Max-AI® technology, creating a revolutionary new sorter with detection abilities unmatched in today’s optical sorter market. NRT’s SpydIR technology uses near infrared light (NIR)

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NG Oslo Advanced BHS Paper MRF Max-AI

Norsk Gjenvinning Selects BHS FiberPure™ System

OSLO, Norway – Aug. 14, 2018 – – Norsk Gjenvinning (NG), Norways largest waste management company, has selected Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to supply NG’s new state of the art paper recycling system in Oslo. Operational in Q1 2019, the system will process 20 tonnes per hour (tph)

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GreenWaste Recovery Opens 90-tph Mixed Waste MRF

GreenWaste Recovery Opens 90-tph Mixed Waste MRF

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Aug. 7, 2018 – – In 2008 GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. (GWR) was awarded SWANA’s Gold Award for Recycling Excellence for the company’s Mixed Waste Material Recovery Facility (MRF). The system, built by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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Viridor Invests in Max-AI Robotic Sorting 2

Viridor Invests in Max-AI® Robotic Sorting

Skelmersdale, Lancashire, UK – Aug. 7, 2018 – – Viridor has invested in £445,000 in upgrades to its Skelmersdale Plastics Reprocessing Facility which include the addition of the Max-AI AQC (Autonomous Quality Control) robotic sorter.

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RePower South and City Announce Recycling’s Return to Montgomery, Ala.

Montgomery, Ala. – June 21, 2018 – South Carolina-based RePower South (RPS) has reached an agreement with the City of Montgomery, Ala. to operate the City’s state-of-the-art Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). RPS will invest $12 million in the newly named City of Montgomery Recycling and Recovery Facility.

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Penn Waste SWANA Excellence

SWANA Awards Penn Waste for Recycling System Excellence

Silver Spring, Md. - June 6, 2018 – – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) announced that Penn Waste has been named the winner of the SWANA Silver Excellence Award in the Recycling Systems category.

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Max-AI® AQC-2 Automates Newspaper Sorting

Max-AI® AQC-2 Automates Newspaper Sorting

Eugene, Ore. – April 18, 2018 – – The Max-AI® AQC (Autonomous Quality Control) product line has expanded with the release of the AQC-2 for paper sorting applications. Max-AI technology employs artificial intelligence (AI) to make material identification and selection decisions; high-speed robotic sorters carry out the sorting.

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Max-AI Visual Identification System and Total Intelligence Platform

BHS Releases New Max-AI® and MRF Intelligence Offerings

Eugene, Ore. – April 4, 2018 – In collaboration with subsidiary National Recovery Technologies (NRT), Bulk Handlings Systems (BHS) has announced the launch of new technology that will provide Material Recovery Facility (MRF) operators unprecedented levels of information about their business. The Max-AI Visual Identification System (VIS)

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NRT Tour and Max-AI AQC

Max-AI® AQC Selected for APR Plastics Recycling Showcase

Nashville, Tenn. – February 20, 2018 – The Max-AI AQC (Autonomous Quality Control) has been selected for recognition as a part of the Association of Plastic Recyclers’ (APR) 2018 Plastics Recycling Showcase. The Max-AI AQC was launched in 2017 by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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Montery Opens BHS Advanced System Combo

Monterey Opens BHS Advanced Recycling System

Monterey County, CA. – February 13, 2018 – The Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) has started up its new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). Supplied by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), the technologically-advanced recovery system processes up to 80-tons-per-hour (tph) on two lines.

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BHS to Build Advanced Recycling System in South Carolina Max-AI

BHS to Build Advanced Recycling System in South Carolina

Moncks Corner, S.C. – January 30, 2018 – South Carolina-based RePower South (RPS) has begun construction of the Berkeley County Recycling and Recovery Facility, which will be the most advanced Mixed Waste Processing facility on the East Coast. The turnkey recovery system will be provided by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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Max-AI AQC Green Recycling First in UK Recycling

Green Recycling first in UK to invest in AI robotic sorting technology

Essex, UK – December 12, 2017 –  Leading UK industrial & commercial waste specialist, Green Recycling, has announced the purchase of a Max-AI™ AQC (Autonomous Quality Control) to increase recovery of recyclables without adding additional manual labour at the company’s commercial and commingled dry recyclables MRF in Maldon, Essex.

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BHS Mixed Waste System Bee'ah

Bee’ah starts up 75-tph BHS Mixed Waste MRF

Sharjah, UAE – November 14, 2017 – – Sharjah-based environmental management company Bee’ah is processing municipal solid waste (MSW) with the company’s recently renovated material recovery facility (MRF). The 75 tonne-per-hour (tph)

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Penn Waste Debuts Upgraded MRF Max-AI

Penn Waste Debuts Upgraded MRF

York, PA – November 1, 2017 – – Penn Waste is all systems go after adding new optical sorting and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to the company’s state-of-the-art Single Stream Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in York, Pennsylvania. Provided by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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SUEZ UK Opens Aberdeen Recycling Systems Single Stream RDF

SUEZ UK Opens Aberdeen Recycling Systems

Aberdeen, Scotland – October 24, 2017 – – SUEZ’s Recycling & Recovery UK Division recently started-up two new systems located at the Altens East Industrial Estate south of Aberdeen, Scotland. The turnkey Single Stream and Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) systems provided by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) process 20-tonnes-per-hour (tph)

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BHS Announces New Video Series MRF

BHS Announces New Video Series

Eugene, Oregon – September 27, 2017 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has launched the BHS Value Series, a series of six videos that gives viewers an inside look into the real value-drivers behind a materials recovery facility (MRF) investment.

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BHS Selected for Los Angeles MRF MSW Recycling

BHS Selected for Puente Hills MRF

LOS ANGELES – September 21, 2017 – – The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (Districts) have selected Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, manufacture and install a new materials recovery system at the Districts’ Puente Hills Materials Recovery Facility (PHMRF).

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BHS Systems Win Gold, Silver Excellence Awards SWANA

BHS Systems Win Gold, Silver Excellence Awards

Eugene, Ore. – August 22, 2017 – – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Excellence Awards for the best recycling systems built in North America.

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BHS Names Steve Almond UK Sales Consultant Web

BHS Names Steve Almond Sales Consultant for UK

Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Steve Almond to the position of Sales Consultant for the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. Almond has more than 25 years of sales management experience in the solid waste and recycling industry, including more than a decade of specialization in optical sensor technology.

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BHS Names Rich Reardon Managing Director of Max-AI™

BHS Names Rich Reardon Managing Director of Max-AI™

Eugene, Ore. – July 5, 2017 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Rich Reardon Managing Director of Max-AI™. During Reardon’s decade long career with BHS he has served as BHS’ Director of Sales and Marketing and most recently as Southwest Regional Sales Manager and Plastics Market Specialist.

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GreenWaste Mixed Waste MRF

GreenWaste Selects BHS for Mixed Waste MRF

San Jose, California – June 21, 2017 – – GreenWaste Recovery commissioned a 40-tph Mixed Waste Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in May 2007. That system was awarded SWANA’s 2008 Gold Award for Recycling Excellence. More than 10 years later, GreenWaste is ready to expand.

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Penn Waste Max-AI and Upgrades 2

Penn Waste Invests in MRF Technology

York, PA – June 07, 2017 – – Penn Waste has announced plans to add technology and capacity to the company’s 35-ton-per-hour (tph) Single Stream recycling system housed in the company’s 96,000-square-foot Manchester, PA Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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Cleanaway Single Stream Perth MRF BHS

Cleanaway opens Perth Super MRF

Perth, Australia – May 31, 2017 – – Cleanaway has opened a new 50-tonne-per-hour Single Stream Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Perth, Western Australia. Designed, manufactured and installed by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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Max-AI™ Autonomous QC

BHS and NRT Introduce Max-AI™

Eugene, Ore. and Nashville, Tenn. – April 18, 2017 - - Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has announced the arrival of Max-AI™ technology, an artificial intelligence that identifies recyclables and other items for recovery.

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ColorPlus Optical Sorter

NRT Introduces New Color Sorter

Nashville, Tenn. – January 25, 2017 – National Recovery Technologies (NRT) has announced a new addition to the company’s product offering, the ColorPlus-R. Similar to the ColorPlus, the ColorPlus-R uses an advanced image processing system to detect materials based on color analysis and object recognition.

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Mixed Waste Processing

BHS to Build Oman Mixed Waste Recycling Systems

Oman – October 18, 2016 – –  Al Ramooz National LLC has selected Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to provide two mixed waste processing facilities. The 220 ton per day (tpd) (Ibri, Oman) and 150 tpd (Buraimi, Oman)

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BHS Single Stream System Online in Pensacola

Pensacola, FL – September 29 2016 – Operations are underway at the new Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), processing 25 tons-per-hour (tph) of Single Stream recyclables.  Designed, manufactured and installed by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), the recycling system is expected to process 40,000 tons annually.

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Plastics Recycling Facility Unifi PRF NRT BHS

BHS Plastics Recycling System Online for Unifi

Reidsville, N.C. – Sept. 13, 2016 -- Unifi, Inc. (NYSE:UFI) celebrated the grand opening of the company’s REPREVE® Bottle Processing Center located in Reidsville, N.C. Integral to the new Plastics Recycling Facility (PRF) is the front-end polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

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SWANA Excellence Recycling Systems BHS

BHS Systems Win Gold, Silver Excellence Awards

Eugene, Ore. – July 14, 2016 – –  The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has announced the 2016 winners of the association’s annual Excellence Awards. San Jose, California-based Zanker Recycling was awarded the Recycling System Gold Award, the top honor, for its Demolition Recycling Operation.

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BHS CEO asks U.S. Lawmakers to Extend Tax Credits

    From Resource Recycling's Jared Paben Expanding and extending tax credits for biogas would help spur investments in anaerobic digestion and related composting technologies, the CEO of Bulk Handling Systems told U.S. senators last week. Steve Miller, CEO of Eugene, Ore.-based BHS, spoke on June 14 at a U.S.

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Cleanaway Selects BHS for Large Commingled Recycling System

Perth, Western Australia – June 29, 2016 – –  Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd has selected US-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, engineer, manufacture and install a 50 tonne-per-hour (tph) Commingled Recycling system at the company’s new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Perth.

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Optical Sorting

NRT Launches New Optical Sorting Platform

Nashville, Tenn. – May 9, 2016 -- National Recovery Technologies (NRT) has announced a next generation platform for the company’s SpydIR® and ColorPlus™ optical sorters, which will debut during the IFAT and WasteExpo tradeshows.

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Republic Services Commercial MRF

Republic Opens 100-tph Mixed Waste MRF

ANAHEIM – April 22, 2016 – Republic Services’ Anaheim Recycling Center today announced the completion of its 100-tons per hour (tph) commercial and multi-family mixed waste sorting system, completing the second of a multi-phased modernization plan. The new system was designed, manufactured and installed by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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SUEZ Selects BHS for Single Stream RDF MRFs

SUEZ Selects BHS for Aberdeen Recycling Systems

Aberdeen, Scotland – March 31, 2016 – –  SUEZ’s Recycling & Recovery UK division has selected Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, engineer, manufacture and install two materials recovery facilities (MRFs) at  Aberdeen City Council’s Altens East Industrial Estate south of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Bee'ah Selects BHS for Sharjah MRF

Bee’ah Selects BHS for Sharjah Recycling System

Sharjah, UAE  – March 09, 2016 – – Bee’ah has selected Oregon, USA-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, engineer, manufacture and install a major retrofit to the company’s Sharjah Material Recovery Facility.

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Bulk Handling Systems Sales Team

BHS Grows Sales Team & Invests in Test Facilities

Eugene, Ore. – February 9, 2016 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has announced a new organizational structure to its North American sales team, adding two new hires and promoting a veteran employee. The company’s new Separation Technology Specialists (STS)

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Single Stream MRF ECUA

ECUA Selects BHS for Single Stream MRF

Pensacola, FL – November 5, 2015 – The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) has chosen Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, manufacture and install its new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).

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BHS Monterey Aerial and System

MRWMD Selects BHS for Mixed Materials Recovery Facility

Monterey County, CA – October 7, 2015 – The Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) has chosen Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, manufacture and install its new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).

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NRT Buhler Sortex Recycling

NRT and Buhler Sortex join forces to offer a ‘one-stop shop’ to plastics recyclers

Further information can be found at www.bottle2flake.com London/Nashville, October 1, 2015 – As the demand for plastic sorting solutions continues to soar, Buhler Sortex, a member of The Bühler Group, and US-based National Recovery Technologies (NRT)

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Zero Waste Energy SSF Innovation Award Vertical

Zero Waste Energy (ZWE) and Blue Line Transfer Awarded 2015 Innovator of the Year

Lafayette, California – September 15, 2015 – Zero Waste Energy and Blue Line Transfer, Inc. were announced as the recipient of the National Waste & Recycling Association’s 2015 Recycling Equipment Innovator of the Year  for its Blue Line Biogenic CNG Facility atWaste360 Recycling Summit.

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Unifi Chooses BHS, NRT Repreve Plastics Recycling

Unifi Chooses BHS for Plastics Recycling Facility

Eugene, Ore. – July 29, 2015 – Unifi Manufacturing, Inc. (NYSE:UFI) has selected Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, manufacture and install a front-end PET purification system in the Company’s Reidsville, N.C., facility.

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GreenWaste Recovery Opens Single Stream Recycling System

San Jose, CA – July 8, 2015 – GreenWaste Recovery has opened a new state-of-the-art materials recovery facility (MRF) at the company’s San Jose facility. The MRF was designed, manufactured and installed by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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Penn Waste Single Stream MRF

Penn Waste Opens New Recycling Facility

YORK, PA – May 26, 2015 – York, PA-based Penn Waste, a locally owned and operated waste and recycling company, has opened a new 96,000 square foot state-of-the-art recycling facility in Manchester, PA. The Single Stream Recycling system was designed, manufactured and installed by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS).

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Jennifer Jones NRT

NRT Names Jennifer Jones R&D Engineer

Nashville, TN – April 9, 2015 – National Recovery Technologies (NRT) has named Jennifer Jones Research and Development (R&D) Engineer.  In this role, Jennifer will be highly involved with developing new technologies to meet current and future needs in plastics recycling, materials recovery and electronic scrap recycling, among other industries.

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Zanker Recycling Demolition MRF

Zanker Recycling Opens 75-tph Demolition Debris Recycling System

Zanker Recycling has opened a 75 tons-per-hour (tph) Demolition Debris Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) located at the company's San Jose operation. With the addition Zanker Recycling has more than doubled its capacity to process this type of material.

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NRT SpydIR Three Year Warranty

NRT Announces Three Year Warranty for SpydIR® Optical Sorters

Nashville, TN – January 5, 2015 – As a result of significant improvements in the durability of its latest generation of optical units, National Recovery Technologies (NRT) has announced a new extended warranty to cover its SpydIR®-R  and SpydIR®-T optical sorters.

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NRT Names Travis Curtis Sales Manager

NRT Names Travis Curtis Outside Sales Manager

Nashville, TN – December 02, 2014 – National Recovery Technologies (NRT) has named Travis Curtis to the newly-created position of Outside Sales Manager, reporting to Matthias Erdmannsdoerfer, President. NRT provides a wide range of optical sorting equipment for a variety of industries, including materials recovery facilities (MRFs)

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BHS Recycling System

BHS Engineers Honored in Design-Led Future Contest

Congrats to Christi Patino and the BHS Engineering Department for being awarded honorable mention for sustainable design in the AutoDesk Design-Led Future Contest. From AutoDesk's announcement: "We received entries from architects and product designers who are addressing our world's epic challenges like climate change, energy, water, health, urbanization, and resources.

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BHS Names Thomas Brooks Director of Technology & Product Development

EUGENE, Ore – November 3, 2014 – BHS has named Thomas Brooks to the position of Director of Technology and Product Development. Brooks assumes the newly-created position after serving as Engineering Manager for BHS subsidiary National Recovery Technologies (NRT).

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Athens Services BHS Recycling Equipment

Athens Services Opens State-of-the-Art Mixed-Waste Materials Recovery Facility

Sun Valley, California, October 16, 2014 –  City of Industry, Calif.-based Athens Services announces the opening of a new 80,000-square-foot Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sun Valley that is designed to process more than 330,000 tons of mixed-waste per year.

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MSW Recycling Video Series

BHS Launches New Website, MSW Video Series

EUGENE, Ore. – October 2, 2014 – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has announced the launch of a new website along with a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)-focused microsite, featuring a six-part video series. The new bulkhandlingsystems.com features a responsive and modern design.

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Zero Waste Energy South San Francisco

South SF Scavenger Co. Turns Food Scraps into Fuel for Collection Trucks

South San Francisco, CA- September 24, 2014-- Last Friday, Sept. 19, local elected officials joined managing partners of South San Francisco Scavenger Company (South SF Scavenger Co.)

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Monterey Anaerobic Digestion Zero Waste Energy

SMARTFERM Facility Wins Leadership in Organics Award

Lafayette, California - July 28, 2014 – Zero Waste Energy’s SMARTFERM facility and the Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) have just been announced as 2014 Award Winner of the Dave Hardy Leadership in Organics - Facility Category by the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA).

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BHS CHOSEN FOR CARBONLITE PLASTICS RECYCLING FACILITY

Los Angeles, Calif., June 6, 2014—CarbonLITE Recycling LLC, an HPC company, today announced that it has signed contracts for the supply of primary process equipment to be installed in its new plastic recycling facility in Abilene, TX.

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REPUBLIC CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING IN NORTH CAROLINA

CONOVER, N.C. – June 5, 2014 – Republic Services today dedicated the Conover Recycling Facility in Catawba County, which will introduce or expand single-stream recycling capabilities throughout Alamance, Catawba, Guildford, Montgomery, Richmond, and Stanly counties. The expanded, highly-advanced facility – designed, manufactured and installed by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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RECOLOGY CLEANSCAPES OPENS SEATTLE MRF

Seattle, WA – May 22, 2014 – In front of elected officials and community members, Recology CleanScapes opened a 75,000-square-foot Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in South Seattle today. The facility will process commercial and residential commingled recyclable materials. Recology CleanScapes has already hired 25 employees to operate this facility.

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NIHOT UNVEILS SDS 650-I AND SDS 800-I

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – April 22, 2014 – - Amsterdam-based Nihot Recycling Technology has announced an update to its Single Drum Separator (SDS) product line by releasing the i-Series. It will initially be available in two sizes, the SDS 650-i and SDS 800-i.

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MONTGOMERY CELEBRATES OPENING OF INNOVATIVE MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – April 14th, 2014 –Residential recycling is coming to the citizens of Montgomery in a big way thanks to innovative technology, a progressive collection model and a partnership between the city and Infinitus Energy. The Advanced Mixed Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)

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METROPOLITAN RECYCLING OPENS MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – April  10, 2014 – Metropolitan Recycling, LLC (MRC), a joint venture formed by five privately held local recycling companies, has opened a new state-of-the-art 50,000 square-foot recycling facility.  The materials recovery facility (MRF) is located at the Mt.

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RECYCLING TODAY: ASK THE EXPERT

Question: “Will mixed-waste processing facilities be the future of residential recycling?” It will certainly play a significant role in domestic recycling efforts. This opinion may be somewhat controversial, but then again the idea that single-steam recycling would become the norm was once laughed at.

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BHS Names Richard Sweet Senior Applications Engineer

UPDATE: February 9, 2016 Richard Sweet has been promoted from Systems Optimization Manager to Senior Applications Engineer. The full release can be viewed here. He can be reached at 541-513-8253 or via email richards@bhsequip.com.

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E.L. Harvey & Sons Opens New Recycling Facility

HOPKINTON, Mass. - November 12, 2013 – E.L. Harvey & Sons has opened a new state-of-the-art single stream recycling facility to serve residents in the Hopkinton, Westborough and surrounding areas. The materials recovery facility (MRF) was designed, manufactured and installed by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS).

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BHS Names Rich Reardon Regional Sales Manager

EUGENE, Ore – October 11, 2013 -- Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Rich Reardon to the position of Regional Sales Manager. He will oversee BHS, Nihot and NRT product sales in the United States Southwest through Texas, as well as Western Canada.

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ReCommunity Opens 35th Recycling Facility

WILMINGTON, Del. – August 29, 2013 --  ReCommunity announced today that it has selected Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, manufacture and install a new materials recovery system for its ReCommunity Delaware facility. The materials recovery facility (MRF)

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Montgomery Celebrates Groundbreaking of New MRF

MONTGOMERY, Ala – July 17, 2013 -- Ground broke today on an integrated Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) that will allow the Montgomery, Alabama community to divert up to 85 percent of waste from the City’s landfill.

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Dirty MRF

Guest Column: Call it a ‘dirty MRF’ or not, a single-bin system can work

Two recent editions of this publication have provided a spirited debate about the merits of Houston's plan to move to a single-bin collection system for waste generated in the city. Some call it a "dirty MRF"; others argue that it's something different.

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Friedman Recycling Opens Albuquerque Facility

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., July 02, 2012 – With some help from Mayor Richard J. Berry, Friedman Recycling has officially opened its new 30-tph single streammaterials recovery facility (MRF) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The recycling system was designed, manufactured and installed by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS).

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Commercial Break

Source: waste360.com; April 29, 2013  Last year San Jose, Calif., was looking at a goal of 100-percent waste diversion from landfills by 2022. But with a commercial recycling rate at the time of just 22 percent, city officials knew something had to give.

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NRT Unveils New Look

Nashville, TN – May 16, 2013 – Optical sorting equipment provider NRT has released new corporate brand imaging, including new logos for the NRT and In-Flight Sorting™ brands. The updated look reflects the growth and modernization of the company. NRT has pioneered many technologies that are widely used throughout the world, and holds more than 30 patents.

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BHS Names John Warne President

Eugene, OR – April 17, 2013 --  Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named John Warne to the position of President, effective immediately. Warne, who joined the company in November, 2012 as Director of Sales and Marketing, will report directly to CEO Steve Miller.

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BHS Names Alan Hoskins Director of Product Delivery & Support

Eugene, OR – April 5, 2013 --  Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Alan Hoskins as Director of Product Delivery and Support, a new executive position that is responsible for all customer relationship management from project inception through start-up and ongoing support.

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BHS Announces European Headquarters

Amsterdam, NL – March 27, 2013—Following Bulk Handling Systems’ (BHS) January acquisition of Amersterdam- based Nihot Recycling Technology BV (Nihot), the company has announced the formation of BHS Europe to be based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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BHS Acquires Nihot Recycling Technology BV

Amsterdam, NL - January 28, 2013-- Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has acquired Nihot Recycling Technology BV (Nihot), an Amsterdam- based company that designs and manufactures air sorting and separation equipment for the solid waste and recycling industries, among others.

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Midwest Exchange Selects NRT for Expansion

Gurnee, IL – December 13, 2012 -- Midwest Exchange Enterprises Inc. has selected Nashville, Tennessee-based National Recovery Technologies (NRT) to manufacture and install five optical sorting units to enhance the company’s PET (polyethelene terephthalate) recycling plant in Gurnee, Illinois.

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BHS Names John Warne Director of Sales and Marketing

Eugene, OR - November 28, 2012--  Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named John Warne as its Director of Sales and Marketing. Warne will be based at the company’s Eugene, Oregon headquarters and report directly to CEO Steve Miller. He will oversee BHS’ global sales and marketing initiatives.

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NRT Continues Expansion into China

Suzhou, China – November 20, 2012 – National Recovery Technologies (NRT), based out of Nashville, TN, has opened a 202 square-meter demo center in the Boji Science Park of Suzhou, China.

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ReCommunity Adds BHS to Delaware MRF Project

Wilmington, Del.–October 09, 2012– ReCommunity announced today that it has selected Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, manufacture and install a new materials recovery system for its ReCommunity Delaware facility. The materials recovery facility (MRF)

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BHS Wins Business of the Year Award

Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce Announces 2012 Business of the Year and Emerald Award Finalists When: Tuesday, October 2nd, 7:30 -9:00am Where: Hilton Eugene & Conference Center What: The 9th Annual Emerald Awards The Emerald Awards highlight businesses that are doing great things in our community such as adding jobs, giving back

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Balcones Celebrates Grand Opening in Austin

AUSTIN, TEXAS – September 26, 2012 – Balcones Resources Inc. (Balcones), the largest independent recycling company in the southwest United States, will celebrate the opening of its new Material Recovery Facility (MRF) on Wednesday, September 26, at 4:00 p.m.

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Republic Services Opens World’s Largest Material Recovery Facility

SAN JOSÉ, CA – August 9, 2012 –  Today Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) celebrates the grand opening of the world’s largest material recovery facility (MRF) at the Newby Island Resource Recovery Park. The 110 tons-per-hour (tph) multi-stream system –  designed, manufactured, and installed by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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BALCONES IS UP AND RUNNING!

July 30, 2012 – Austin, TX – Balcones Resources has started processing material at its  new material recovery facility (MRF) located in Austin, Texas. Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) designed, manufactured and installed the 20 ton-per-hour (TPH) single stream system. The official grand opening will be held in September.

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More from BHS

BHS Names Thomas Brooks Chief Technology Officer

Eugene, Ore. – August 18, 2020 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has named Thomas Brooks to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Brooks assumes the role after serving as BHS’ Director of Technology and Product Development.

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NRT Launches ColorPlus™ with Max-AI®

Nashville, Tenn. – July 8, 2020 – – The NRT ColorPlus™ with Max-AI® from National Recovery Technologies (NRT) integrates artificial intelligence (AI) into the company’s successful ColorPlus sorter.

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Recology Adds Max-AI® Technology to Pier 96 Recycling Center

SAN FRANCISCO – October 29, 2019 – –  San Francisco-based Recology has added four Max-AI® AQC (for Autonomous Quality Control) units and one VIS (for Visual Identification System) to the Recycle Central, a 200,000-square-foot materials recovery facility (MRF) the company operates on San Francisco’s Pier 96.

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BHS Launches the Max-AI® AQC-C

EUGENE, Ore. – May 1, 2019 – –Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has launched the Max-AI® AQC-C, a solution that is comprised of Max-AI VIS (for Visual Identification System) and at least one collaborative robot (CoBot).

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CarbonLITE Selects BHS for Fully-Automated Plastics Recycling System

Lehigh Valley, Pa. – February 5, 2019 – – Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has been selected to supply the front-end recycling system for CarbonLITE’s newest post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) plant.

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GreenWaste Recovery Opens 90-tph Mixed Waste MRF

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Aug. 7, 2018 – – In 2008 GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. (GWR) was awarded SWANA’s Gold Award for Recycling Excellence for the company’s Mixed Waste Material Recovery Facility (MRF). The system, built by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS)

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