Sarasota Recycling Contract Goes to FCR

Casella recycling division begins contract extension for south Florida county.

FCR Inc., Charlotte, N.C., has begun performing on a five-year contract extension for recycling processing services for Sarasota County, Fla.

FCR, which operates its own materials recovery facility (MRF) in Sarasota, has provided processing services to the county for nine years. Sarasota County manages a curbside collection program that generates 40,000 tons per year of dual commingled streams.

A national residential recycling facility operator, FCR operates 23 MRFs in the eastern U.S. and processes more than 1 million tons of recyclables each year. FCR is a subsidiary of Casella Waste Systems Inc., Rutland, Vt., a regional, non-hazardous solid waste services company (www.casella.com).