United recycles an impressive 95% of materials it receives in their neat and organized facility. If it has a use here in the Northwest, United will sort it out and make sure it is put to good use instead of going to a landfill. They do some of the processing into final product themselves: they make topsoil and several kinds of mulch from shredding and composting stumps and brush; they crush concrete and asphalt into several sizes usable for grading and road building; and they shred lumber to create hog fuel, which is burned to create electricity or can be used for landscaping. They also sort and bundle an impressive variety of other materials that are found in jobsite waste, including metals, rigid plastics, sheet and film plastics, glass, and drywall. These materials go on to other processors to create usable products. Bruce is always researching to see if there is a new local market for materials that must currently be diverted to a landfill. At the top of the list is used carpet. Bruce is staying updated about a local facility that will soon be able to process this material. It all makes economic sense, since a facility like United is constantly working to eliminate the cost of sending waste to a landfill, and instead to process and sell whatever is possible.
Above, a pile of materials prior to sorting.
Sorting and crushing concrete.
Sorting lumber from a demolition.
Sorting brush prior to chipping and composting.
