Hartford Business Journal

HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | SEPTEMBER 4, 2023 13 Financing for business success made Simple. $2,100,000 Land Acquisition Loan Multifamily New Haven County, CT $9,500,000 Construction Loan Multifamily Hartford County, CT $4,000,000 Equipment and Working Capital Lines of Credit Transportation Company Hampden County, MA $10,900,000 Construction Loan Multifamily Essex County, MA $3,300,000 Working Capital Line of Credit and Mortgage Commercial Contractor Hampden County, MA $750,000 Equipment Term Loan Packaging Design Company Hampden County, MA Shaun Dwyer S E N I O R V I C E P R E S I D E N T C O M M E R C I A L B A N K I N G David Ference F I R S T V I C E P R E S I D E N T C O M M E R C I A L B A N K I N G Matthew Krokov F I R S T V I C E P R E S I D E N T C O M M E R C I A L B A N K I N G bankatpeoples.com/businessteam Member FDIC/Member DIF recycling in Berlin, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Willi- mantic and other cities and towns across Connecticut contract with Urban Mining for glass processing, and Oneglia said the company hopes to continue to grow both in the state and region. Grasso said Urban Mining has considered replicating its manu- facturing facility and recycling business model in the Boston metro- politan area, New York City and Washington, D.C. "We're hoping to get a plant in both D.C., and Boston sometime in the future," Oneglia said. In addition to new markets, Grasso said Urban Mining is currently exploring other uses for Pozzotive. The company has already done some field tests using it in paints and coatings. "It solves the problem of what to do with municipal recovery facility glass, otherwise this glass would end up in landfills — never biodegrading and taking up valuable space," Grasso said. URBAN MINING CT'S PROJECT PORTFOLIO Urban Mining CT's concrete additive Pozzotive, which is made from recycled glass, has been used in some high-profile construction projects. Here are some examples: United Nations The United Nations Plaza in New York City was resurfaced with high-perfor- mance permeable pavers made with Pozzotive, which had been created from recycled window glass taken from the UN during renovations. Halletts Point A high-rise apartment develop- ment in Queens, New York, which used structural concrete batched with Pozzotive. VIA 57 West The 35-story, 709-unit Manhattan residential complex used struc- tural concrete block, cast-in-place flooring and pre-cast stairs made with Pozzotive. Second Avenue Subway Concrete blocks with 30% Pozzotive went into every station on the Second Avenue Subway in New York City. companies and developers for use in their projects in Connecticut, Massa- chusetts, New York and even as far as Washington, D.C. Grasso said recovery facility glass in the Northeast usually doesn't end up being recycled the way people might think. In fact, glass from munic- ipal recycling facilities is often used as landfill cover. By turning glass into a concrete additive, tons of glass bottles, jars and other recyclable materials avoid regional landfills annually. Recovery facilities that collect City Point Pozzotive-batched structural concrete block and prestressed hollow core concrete plank were used in the 1.6 million-square-foot, mixed-use retail, office, entertainment and high-rise residential buildings in downtown Brooklyn, New York. Source: O&G Industries

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