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Athens-Clarke County
Recovered Materials Processing Facility
Location
From Loop 10, turn onto Olympic Drive.
Go 1 mile, take the second road on the right (Hancock
Industrial Way). Go 1/4 mile and the ACC Recycling Facility
is the first building on the right (699 Hancock Industrial
Way, Athens, Georgia 30605).
History
The Athens-Clarke County Recovered Materials Processing
Facility (RMPF) opened August 31, 1995. The RMPF is
a one-of-a-kind recycling facility in Georgia, as recycling
at the RMPF is the effort of a public-private partnership
between FCR
of Charlotte, N.C. and the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke
County. The $2.5 million facility was built with private
funds. Athens-Clarke County owns the property and oversees
the contract with FCR. The facility is 22,000 square
feet with 2,000 square feet used for office and educational
space.
 Check us out – Contact the
ACC Recycling Division for a Free, DVD tour of the
RMPF – just call (706) 613-3512 to request a copy!
Materials
Recyclables are accepted at the RMPF in two,
clean “commingled” (mixed) streams: a paper stream and
a bottle and can stream. A total of 16 different types
of materials are accepted for recycling. Click
here to see what can be recycled in ACC. No garbage
is accepted at this facility.
Amount of Material Recycled
The RMPF has the capacity to process up to
120 tons of recyclables per day per 8-hour shift. Currently,
the recycling facility processes about 50 tons per day
or 1,100 tons per month.
Where in the world do our recyclables travel once
they leave ACC?
Click
here to view map.
Expenses and Revenue
The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County
has a 10-year “put or pay” contract with the RMPF operator
FCR that came up for renewal on January 16, 2006. At
that time ACC renewed the contract for a period of 5-years.
ACC pays the operator processing or “tip” fees to process,
sort and market the recyclables. The fee paid is based
on a sliding or variable schedule, with lower processing
fees per ton as tonnage increases. In addition, ACC
receives 80% share of the revenues from the sale of
recyclables processed at the RMPF. The revenues help
to offset expenses.
As tonnage increased and market prices improved for
recyclables, the cost of processing has declined dramatically.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 (July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996),
the net cost per ton (after revenues) to process recyclable
material was $78.61 compared with a net profit of $9.45/ton
in FY 2005, ten years later.
Tours
Contact the ACC Recycling Division to schedule
a tour of the ACC Recycling Facility. Tours are available
at no-charge to ages K – Adult (minimum tour group size
1; maximum tour group size 35). These field trips are
great for school, youth, scout, and community groups.
Contact (706) 613-3512 to organize your tour, call today!
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