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Cambria eyes recycle center
EBENSBURG — Cambria County may build its own recycling center to compact recyclables for sale directly to companies that use the products.
It would cut out the “middle man” and be a potential source of revenue, said Kris Howdyshell, executive director of the county solid waste authority.
At a minimum, a local center would cut the necessity of Cambria’s recycling trucks making trips to a processing center in Indiana County, Howdyshell said.
On Friday, the county commissioners approved two contracts totaling $31,050 for a feasibility study on the proposed center.
The contracts went to L. Robert Kimball & Associates of Ebensburg for $15,450 and Mid-Atlantic Waste Inc. for $15,600. The study should be completed within months, the commissioners said.
The project – if doable – would be done by the authority.
The county received a grant for the study from the state Department of Environmental Protection. It covers 80 percent of the cost.
Although a location for the plant was not disclosed, Howdyshell said it would be on county-owned land.
He said that processed recyclables only can be sold by the tractor-trailer load on the open market. By Cambria having its own center, the materials could be sold directly to companies that use the recycled materials, he said.
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