In November 2015, as the chosen
contractor in a competitive bid process, local waste service company J. P.
Mascaro & Sons began performing a large three-year contract for the processing
and marketing of collected residential recyclables from a consortium of seven
Eastern Montgomery County municipalities.
In
a one-of-a-kind contract, the municipalities of Abington, Cheltenham, Upper
Dublin, Plymouth, Springfield, Upper Moreland and Hatboro Borough deliver all
of their residential recyclables to the Upper Dublin recycling transfer station,
and it is there that Mascaro’s contract work begins.
Mascaro
is responsible for the operation of the transfer station, for the processing of
the recyclables through the transfer station, for the loading of recyclables
into Mascaro-provided transport trailers, and for the transportation of the
recyclables to Mascaro’s new, modern, fully-automated 75,000 square foot
single-stream recycling facility (“TotalRecycle, Inc.”) in Berks County, where
the consortium’s recyclables will be further processed and marketed.
The
consortium communities generate about 15,600 tons of residential recyclables
for Mascaro to process and market at its new single-stream facility, and the
contract, based upon an agreed-upon formula, offers the possibility of revenue
generation for the participating municipalities if the recycling markets
improve.
Company
President, Pat Mascaro, said, “Our company was pleased to be chosen as the
consortium’s recycling contractor and it is proud to be a part of the
consortium’s comprehensive recycling program.”
“With
many more municipalities going to single-stream recycling (i.e., all recyclables
placed in one container), recycling volumes are going up and less waste is being
landfilled. That is why our company
invested millions of dollars in a new single-stream recycling facility. We want to be able to professionally process
and market the recyclables generated by Southeastern Pennsylvania municipalities,” added Mascaro.
Mascaro’s new “TotalRecycle” facility
will employ approximately 30 area residents and will be able to process about
500 tons of single-stream recyclables each day.
With its new facility, Mascaro is looking forward to expanding its
market share in the recyclables processing arena.