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Mergers & Acquisitions

Mazza Recycling acquires New Jersey hauling firm

Mazza Recycling Services, a Tinton Falls, New Jersey-based hauler and recycler of metals and construction and demolition materials and an operator of a single-stream material recovery facility, has acquired Bull Waste & Recycling, based in Berlin, New Jersey.

Bull was acquired from Mount Group, also based in Berlin.

The transaction represents Mazza Recycling’s third acquisition this year.

“Since acquiring Liberty Waste and Recycling at the beginning of this year, we have been able to provide exceptional waste and recycling collection services throughout Camden and Burlington counties [in New Jersey],” Mazza President and CEO Jimmy Mazza Jr. says.

“The services provided by Bull Waste and Recycling align with our existing business lines in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties [in New Jersey] and with our overall vision of becoming the No. 1 hauling company in South Jersey and the greater Philadelphia area.”

Mount Group was founded in 1991 by Dave Smith as Mount Construction when Smith was 23 years old. From there, the company added utility services, concrete and paving to its lines of business, including via acquisition of aggregates and paving firms.

During that time, the recycling and disposal branch of Mount Group, Bull Waste & Recycling, provided roll-off container service in Burlington, Mercer, Gloucester and Camden counties in New Jersey.

“The decision to move forward with the Mazza team in the sale of Bull Waste was largely driven by their character and integrity,” Smith says. “We are confident that the Mazza team will embrace the employees and customers of Bull Waste in a way consistent with our beliefs and practices.”

Mazza Recycling characterizes Bull Waste and Recycling’s 10-yard, 20-yard, 30-yard and 40-yard containers as “the perfect complement to Mazza Recycling’s industrial, commercial and construction waste and recycling hauling operations.”

Sustainability

Premier Recycle partners with Google on sustainable building project

Premier Recycle, a San Jose, California-based construction and demolition (C&D) recycler, recently partnered with XL Construction on Google’s first-ever mass timber building in Sunnyvale, California.

The innovative project uses a new type of engineered wood that involves layering and laminating smaller pieces of wood together to create larger beams and walls.

According to Google, mass timber’s regenerative qualities and its ability to absorb and store carbon over time—a process called carbon sequestration—make it a sustainable and environmentally friendly choice for building.

Mass timber also helps decrease carbon emissions that come from the extraction, production and transportation of traditional building materials. Because of this, the office building is projected to have 96 percent fewer embodied carbon emissions than an equivalent steel and concrete structure after factoring in sequestration over time.

One hundred percent of the structural mass timber lumber used for the Sunnyvale project was procured from responsibly managed forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, Google says.

The building is also all-electric, with solar panels on its roof to generate electricity, and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rated. All of these features work together to advance Google’s goal to achieve net-zero emissions and operate on carbon-free energy 24/7 by 2030.

Premier played a key role in recycling materials for this project, supporting its goal of reducing construction waste.

“The collaboration between Google, XL Construction and Premier Recycle showcases the impressive results of prioritizing sustainability,” Premier says in a statement announcing the partnership on LinkedIn.

According to Premier, roughly 580 tons of material were diverted over the course of the project.

Construction

AEM sees green building remaining a trend in 2025

The Milwaukee-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) cites green building and sustainable practices and technology as one of three identifiable trends that will influence the construction sector in 2025.

“In 2025, we’ll see a rise in advanced materials like carbon-capturing concrete, recycled plastics and bio-based materials that minimize environmental impact,” AEM says in an essay published in November of last year.

AEM says energy-efficient designs and materials increasingly will be integrated into buildings from the start.

“Modular construction will continue to rise in popularity as prefabricated materials reduce waste and emissions from transportation,” the group says. “Construction teams can look forward to a combination of advanced materials, new energy solutions and eco-friendly designs.”

Visible aspects likely will include carbon-neutral building materials and eco-friendly concrete, while jobsites increasingly will be equipped with energy-saving technology and environmentally responsible machinery, according to AEM.

The two other trends involve artificial intelligence and machine learning, plus a wider presence of robotic and autonomous machinery.

The association says autonomous bulldozers, excavators and haul trucks can reduce the need for human operators and offer “consistent, high-precision work” that can improve efficiency and reduce errors.

AEM also predicts greater adoption of robotics in areas that require repetitive precision, such as rebar tying or welding, and foresees the introduction of wearable exoskeletons to assist workers with heavy lifting.

Facilities

Texas Disposal Systems opens C&D recycling facility

Texas Disposal Systems Inc. (TDS), an Austin, Texas-based solid waste collection, processing and disposal company, has completed a multi-million-dollar dedicated construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility in Creedmoor, Texas.

The facility was planned in response to an increased demand for C&D recycling processing for commercial construction companies and residential home builders in Austin and the surrounding central Texas region, the company says.

The C&D processing facility incorporates automation and vertical integration and processes a variety of materials, including concrete, aggregates, untreated wood waste, cardboard, plastic and metal.

In 2015, Austin City Council enacted a Construction and Demolition Recycling Ordinance requiring affected projects to divert C&D debris from landfills.

The new TDS facility can process between 25 and 50 tons of C&D material per hour and is achieving between 60 percent and 70 percent diversion for beneficial reuse, which exceeds the ordinance’s minimum 50 percent diversion requirement.

The city ordinance also requires general contractors to prove compliance and submit records confirming the tons of debris reused or recycled and the tons landfilled. To support these general contractors, TDS will provide on-site resources to help private businesses achieve their waste processing goals.

The Creedmoor facility incorporates automated technology that allows customers to easily access data, report recycling information, ensure compliance and even earn certain certifications, including LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

According to TDS Vice President of Business Development Adam Gregory, this facility specifically was designed to increase the potential for recycling and waste diversion in central Texas.