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Tallahassee Company Converts Abandoned Asphalt Plant Site to Recycling Facility

Marpan Recycling began in March 2008 converting construction and demolition debris into reusable materials. The operation is located on the site of an abandoned asphalt plant near the southern limits of the City of Tallahassee, Florida.
Below is a photo (1st Photo) of an asphalt plant in Tallahassee similar to the one that previously occupied the Marpan site. This was replaced by a state-of-the-art recycling facility (Next 2 Photos) that grinds Class III (construction and demolition debris) and yard waste into re-usable materials.

According to Florida Trend.com:

"The $5.5-million plant can handle up to 500 tons of debris a day..."

The goal, according to owner Kim Williams, is to return 75% of the debris to the market. Their website reports the facilities recycling rate for the month of September at 73%.


Not only has Marpan managed to return a high percentage of materials to the market, they accomplished it in an ecologically responsible way, situating the operation so that it produced the least impact on surrounding environmentally sensitive features.







Design Team:Architect: Architects Lewis + Whitlock

Engineer: ColoneyBell Engineering

Planning: Canter Group Planning & Design


Links:

Marpan Recycling: http://marpanrecycling.com/

Architects Lewis + Whitlock: http://www.think3d.net/

ColoneyBell Engineering: http://www.coloney.com/
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  1. AnonymousOctober 25, 2008 at 12:52 AM

    What a change! Was this difficult to get permitted?

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  2. Jim Canter, AICPOctober 26, 2008 at 10:51 PM

    There was a 100 year floodplain on the site that needed an elevation determination. Once that issue was settled, things went a little faster, but it took about a year to permit.

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