DUNN Recycling
Dunn Recycling was established to assist the communities of Utah in their recycling efforts. We process curbside Recycling for large cities and counties to return the materials back to the manufactures to be made into new products.
Salt Lake City Location |
1812 South Empire Road Building “C” |
Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 |
Phone 801-975-9700 Fax 801-975-9701 |
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OUR Team
Pat Dunn is the Managing Partner for Dunn Recycling and has worked extensively for the last 35 years in construction and international business. His experience and global business contacts help us to find worldwide markets for our products. With his worldwide network of contacts and experience, he is establishing a network and distribution system that will position Dunn Recycling as a global player in the recycled commodities business.
Benito Olmos is the operation manager of Dunn Recycling. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and production for our recycling centers. Benito has been in the materials processing business for over 10 years working for Waste Management and DCD Transfer and understands all aspects of the recycling business.
Dunn Recycling processes curbside Recycling for large cities and counties to return the materials back to the manufactures to be made into new products.
Some of the Communities that we service by processing their curbside recycling are:
SALT LAKE COUNTY
SUNDANCE
SARATOGA SPRINGS
SPRINGVILLE
LINDON
PLEASANT GROVE
HEBER
PARK CITY
Recycled materials to be transferred to our Recycling Center
WE ACCEPT:
All Mixed Paper |
Aluminum Cans |
Clean Cardboard |
Steel Cans (clean) |
Plastic Bottles |
Cardboard |
Plastic with the following markings for #1 and #2
 (PET, PETE)
Commonly used in soft drink bottles and many injection molded consumer product containers. Cleaned, recycled PET flakes and pellets are in great demand for spinning fiber for carpet yarns, producing fiberfill and geo-textiles. Nickname: Polyester.
Plastic soft drink, water, sports drink, plastic beer bottles, mouthwash, catsup and salad dressing bottles, peanut butter, pickle, jelly and jam jars, oven able prepared food trays.
  High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
HDPE is used to make bottles for milk, juice, water and laundry products. Because HDPE has good chemical resistance, it is used for packaging many household and industrial chemicals such as detergents and bleach. Milk containers, bulk water, juice, cosmetic, shampoo, dish and laundry detergent bottles; yogurt and margarine tubs; cereal box liners; grocery, trash and retail bags.
Plastic Pop Bottles
Plastic Detergent Bottles
The Recycling Process
Truck delivering materials to our facility.
Elevated sort line
Items being sorted and sent to processing
Cardboard being sent by conveyor to be made into “bales” to be transported to market
Cardboard "bales" loaded onto trucks.
Paper loaded for shipment to be made into more newsprint
Aluminum cans to be recycled
Sorted and bailed Plastic Containers
Plastic shopping bags baled and ready to ship
 
Environmental Benefits of Recycling
Recycling Saves Energy
Using energy requires the consumption of non-renewable fossil fuels and involves Emissions of numerous air and water pollutants. Manufacturing items from recycled material uses less energy than making those items from raw natural resources.
Recycling saves enough energy each year to provide heat and light for 400,000 homes.
Recycling Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions in three ways: Reducing emissions from energy consumption. Manufacturing goods from recycled materials requires less energy than producing goods from virgin materials. When less energy is needed, fewer fossil fuels are burned and less carbon dioxide is emitted to the atmosphere.
Reducing methane emissions from landfills.
By diverting organic materials from landfills, we reduce the methane released when these materials decompose.
Increasing storage of carbon in trees.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in wood, in a process called A carbon sequestration. Waste prevention and recycling of paper products allow more trees to remain standing in the forest. Recycling Reduces Emissions of Air and Water Pollutants Recycling produces less of 27 different types of pollutants, when compared with using virgin materials, in manufacturing products and disposing wastes.
Recycling Conserves Natural Resources
Recycling reduces the need for landfills, allowing local lands to be used in more environmentally preferable ways. And, by substituting scrap materials for the use of trees, metal ores, minerals, oil, and other virgin materials, recycling reduces the pressure to expand forestry and mining production.
For more information contact infoSLC@dunnrecycling.com.
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