At its September 8th public meeting, the Whitemarsh Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to award local waste company J. P. Mascaro & Sons a comprehensive seven-year waste service contract valued at $23.6 million.
The service contract will begin January 1, 2023, for the collection, transportation, and disposal of Township residential waste, and for the curbside collection, transportation, and processing of single stream household recyclables. "The Whitemarsh contract is one of the largest municipal contracts in the region, and our company appreciates the opportunity to serve the Township over the next seven years” said company president, Pat Mascaro, “we are equally pleased that the township to have its residential waste disposed of at our modern, company-affiliated Pioneer Crossing Landfill in nearby Berks County," Mascaro added.
Under the new contract, Township residents will receive once a week trash and recycling services, and thereafter processed and marketed at Mascaro's modern, fully automated 85,000 sq. ft. TotalRecycle single stream recycling facility in Exeter Township, Berks County, immediately adjacent to the Pioneer Crossing Landfill. Under the new contract, yard waste will also be collected weekly between April through November 1st.
J. P. Mascaro & Sons is a local, family-owned company, founded and headquartered in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and it is one of the largest and most successful privately-owned waste service companies in the country. Mascaro will service the Whitemarsh Township contract out of its Bridgeport, Pennsylvania Division.
The Mascaro company was founded by Joseph P. Mascaro, Sr. more than 50 years ago, and through the efforts of his five sons has grown tremendously and succeeded in a difficult industry. A third generation of Mascaro family members are now in key management positions and are working to carrying on the business started by their grandfather, Joseph P. Mascaro, Sr.
For more information about J. P. Mascaro & Sons, its comprehensive waste services and its facilities and infrastructure, please visit the company website at www.jpmascaro.com.