Case Study
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Invests in Regional Recycling Infrastructure
CLOSED LOOP FUND FULL CASE STUDY 2018 IMPACT REPORT CASE Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Invests in Regional Recycling Infrastructure In Escambia County, Florida, a new single-stream sortation facility is serving close to 300,000 households in a region that lacked a reliable, economical solution for recycling. CLOSED LOOP FUND FULL CASE STUDY 2018 IMPACT REPORT OVERVIEW ECUA and some of its neighbors had struggled for years to make recycling programs work with the costs of private haulers, transportation and tipping fees. When the Infinitus MRF in Montgomery, AL closed abruptly in 2015, the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) could not find another sortation facility within a five-hour drive that could handle its 22,000 tons per year of recyclables. ECUA, the public authority c