A recycling separation center is planned for Bristol Township.

Bristol Township Council recently approved plans by Bristol Township Recycling LLC to construct a construction debris recycling separation at 2607 and 2513 Old Rodgers Road. The facility will replace a trailer storage lot and maintenance center.

The 4.1-acre site will feature a roughly 46,000-square-foot recycling separation center in the light manufacturing zoned area.

All of the recycling separation will take place inside the building.

Attorney Michael Meginniss, of Begley, Carlin, and Mandio, who was representing Bristol Township Recycling LLC, told the council that the company plans to divert about 80 percent of debris dropped off by commercial and residential customers to an off-site recycling center. The remaining 20 percent would go to a landfill.

“This will be a functional alternative to a landfill,” Meginniss said.

The plans call for knocking down an existing building, repaving the parking lot, adding drainage to the site, and building an underground basin.

The company plans add several jobs at the new facility, officials said.

“We think this is a much better use for this property,” Meginniss told council before they gave the green light.