Robert Harvey, who help found the recycling and waste management firm E.L. Harvey & Sons, Westborough, Massachusetts, in 2011, passed away on Aug. 30, 2014.
Robert Harvey joined his father Emory L. Harvey, and his brother, James A. Harvey, in the family business E.L. Harvey, which was formed in 1911. In 1940 the company began offering recycling services.
He was president of the company until his retirement in 2004.
Harvey is survived by his wife of 72 years, Jane; two sons, William and Ben; and a daughter, Dorothy Thompson. His eldest son, Robert Jr., died in 1984.
Family owned for four generations, E.L. Harvey operates a high-grade scrap paper processing and baling plant that also contains a plant-based shredding system. The company also operates a waste transfer station containing a backup baler for handling all recyclable materials and wastes.
Additionally, the company operates a C&D transfer and recycling operation.
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