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Waste Today November 8, 2019: Inside RePower South’s new operations by Theresa Cottom
At a time when sinking commodity values are sending an increasing amount of material to landfill, a new company is gaining traction in the South for its efforts to reverse that trend. RePower South (RPS) was born in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, in 2013 to help recover more commodities in an economically feasible way. The company… Read More »
Waste 360 October 29, 2019: RePower South Now Accepts Charleston County, S.C., Recyclables
RPS offers a cost-effective recycling and landfill diversion solution that expands recycling recovery across the entire waste stream and produces a low carbon, renewable fuel. South Carolina-based RePower South (RPS) has begun accepting single stream recyclables from Charleston County, S.C., at its Berkeley County Recycling and Recovery Facility. RPS offers a cost-effective recycling and landfill diversion… Read More »
Waste Today May 21, 2019: RePower South aims to enhance recycling by Kelly Maile
CEO Brian Gilhuly talks vision behind new recycling and recovery facilities RePower South (RPS), Moncks Corner, South Carolina, has changed the economics of mixed waste processing by recovering and recycling more material and converting nonrecyclable paper and plastics that are typically sent to landfill into a clean, low-carbon renewable fuel. With the opening of two RePower South facilities in… Read More »
Waste 360 May 16, 2019: RePower South Launches State-of-the-art MRF in Berkeley County, S.C. by Arlene Karidis
The facility became fully operational in late April and can process 200,000 tons a year leveraging both mechanical processes and automated technologies. Until late April, not many residents of Berkeley County, S.C., recycled, as they either had to hire and pay a private hauler or drive materials to a drop-off center. Now they have another… Read More »
RePower South Berkeley poised to transform waste processing in its home state, May 5, 2019
Berkeley County, S.C. Plant Fully Operational Moncks Corner, S.C.—RePower South (RPS) has begun processing material at the company’s recycling and recovery facility for Berkeley County, S.C. With minimal programs in place and a community demanding recycling, Berkeley County chose RPS to deliver the nation’s most comprehensive and cost effective recycling and reuse program to its… Read More »
Waste Today Magazine April 30, 2019: RePower South starts South Carolina facility edited by Megan Smalley
RePower South (RPS), Moncks Corner, South Carolina, started to process material at its new recycling and recovery facility in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The recycling system, provided by Eugene, Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), is highly automated and capable of processing more than 50 tons per hour of mixed waste to recover recyclables and produce a… Read More »
ABC News 4 March 1, 2019: $60 million Berkeley County recycling center nearing completion by Brodie Hart
The Berkeley County Recycling Center is nearing completion. “Berkeley County will become one of the highest recyclers in the country,” said Brian Gilhuly, CEO of RePower South. “A lot of people do not recycle now because it is very costly.” Right now, Berkeley County residents had two options for recycling: pay $40 a month to… Read More »
The Gazette February 4, 2019: The trash business in Berkeley County: RePower South to open soon by Matt Bise
Berkeley County is preparing to soon start doing something new with its garbage. Currently 100 percent of county trash gets dumped in the landfill in Moncks Corner. After breaking ground last April, RePower South will begin operations at the landfill in March and tons of household refuse will be sorted, cleaned or pulverized, packaged and… Read More »