WM Upgrades Its Germantown Recycling Facility in Wisconsin

Recycling Today (04/29/24) Toto, Deanne

Houston-based WM has completed an automation update at its Germantown Recycling Facility in Wisconsin. The upgrade is part of the Texas company’s plan to invest over $1 billion in new and upgraded recycling facilities throughout North America between now and the end of 2026. Brent Bell, WM's vice president of recycling, says the Germantown Recycling Facility can recover natural high-density polyethylene (HDPE), colored HDPE, and polypropylene plastics, along with old corrugated containers, mixed paper, and what he describes as a "higher-end mixed paper" that has a substantial amount of white paper in it. Bell adds that decision-makers from at least four local paper mills have visited the Germantown Recycling Facility recently and shown interest in the high quality of the recovered fiber.

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