Recycler gets CIWMB loan

C&D Recycler, May, 2002

John Slueter, an entrepreneur from McKinleyville, in California's Humboldt County, has received a $63,000 business loan from the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) to expand his construction job site recycling operations.

The loan will help Slueter to expand grinding and recycling services provided for construction industry job sites.

Slueter, a lending company and Humboldt County will provide additional funding to complete the purchase of new equipment for the expansion.

Slueter is the owner of a roofing, home repair, and maintenance service company. He will use the money to purchase a Packer Industries grinder to grind up leftover construction materials such as gypsum, wood scrap, brick, cinder block, and some green waste.

The ground up materials will be suitable for reuse as soil amendments or mulch, as base materials for driveway construction, or as feedstock for the manufacturing or compressed wood products.