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About McGill Environmental Systems

McGill Environmental Systems of N.C., Inc., is a company specializing in the stabilization and reutilization of organic residuals and by-products from municipal, industrial, and agricultural processing and production. McGill incorporated in North Carolina in 1991, a few months after opening its first composting facility near the community of Delway in Sampson County.  In late 2002, McGill opened its second North Carolina facility in Chatham County.

It is one of the largest compost manufacturers in the Carolinas and employs about 60 people in the U.S.  A third McGill facility is under development in southeast Virginia.

The company has been involved in waste management projects around the world, including the Philippines, Thailand, and Europe.  Over the years, McGill clients have included both large and small companies, municipalities, the NC Department of Transportation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Department of Defense.

McGill's Scope of Services includes compost manufacturing and product sales, transportation (trailers, tankers, roll-off boxes), lagoon clean-out and dewatering, compost application services, bioremediation, research and demonstration, facility construction and operation, equipment sales, consulting and other services related to biological treatment and remediation.

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McGill adds wood processing system

McGill has added a small wood processing system to supply additional amendment material for its static pile, forced aeration composting operations in Sampson County and Chatham County, North Carolina. Clean wood waste (including debris from construction and demolition), pallets, waxed cardboard, “dirty” paper, and gypsum products will be among the additional feedstocks sourced from waste generators currently disposing to landfills.  Modest tipping fees for composting will offset some of the company’s processing costs while offering a cost-savings to its customers.  The new equipment will also allow the company to further process woody materials from existing suppliers.  When it reaches full capacity, through-put of the Chatham-based system will be about 200 tons per day. According to M. Noel Lyons, president, a $28,000 grant from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance, greatly assisted the company in the purchase the system.  UPDATED: 2007

People in the news

Lynn Lucas, a project developer and marketing specialist with McGill, has been elected to the Steering Committee of the Carolinas Composting Council (CCC).   She serves as the secretary for the CCC and is the editor of its newsletter and website (www.carolinacompost.com).  The CCC is the largest council of the Carolina Recycling Association. POSTED:  Spring 2005

Noel Lyons, president of McGill, was invited by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance, to make a presentation about the composting industry to the Environmental Review Commission of the North Carolina State Legislature. POSTED:  Spring 2005

Business of the Year finalist

McGill was a finalist in Business North Carolina magazine's 2005 Small Business of the Year Award, the first environmental company to be nominated for the award.  MORE

McGill-Sampson adds trommel
McGill-Sampson has added a new screening plant to improve its product formulation capabilities. The rotating drum of the trommel screen features interchangeable mesh which allows McGill to produce customized products for golf courses and other markets with specific particle size requirements. McGill-Sampson, the company's first composting operation in the U.S., was opened in 1990 and now processes 100,000 tons of waste products a year.  It is located in Sampson County, North Carolina, near the town of Harrells.

Craig Coker is 2003-04 Composting Council president
Craig Coker, technical adviser for McGill Environmental Systems of North Carolina, Inc., has been elected president of the Carolinas Composting Council (CCC).  The CCC is the largest council of the Carolina Recycling Association and is made up of compost manufacturers, state officials, recycling coordinators, and other industry professionals.  Its mission is to promote the manufacture, sale, and use of compost products produced in North and South Carolina.  POSTED:  Summer 2003