New contracts for JP Mascaro
AUDUBON >> J.P Mascaro & Sons has become the first private trash contractor to serve the Borough of Dupont in Luzerne County. The company has been awarded a $400,000 contract with the municipality, effective Jan. 1, 2020.
Previously, the municipality provided the collection services in-house, according to a press release.
“Dupont is one in a long line of municipalities that have selected our company to privatize their collection services based upon our experience and service record, and we look forward to serving Dupont’s residents for the next two years,” Sam Augustine, Mascaro’s director of sales and marketing, said in the release.
Under the terms of the contract, announced Sept. 30, J.P. Mascaro’s Wyoming Division will be responsible for providing once a week trash collection services to households in Dupont.
The contract with Dupont is the latest municipal contract awarded to the company, which is based in Audubon, Montgomery County.
Earlier in September, the Quakertown Borough Council awarded its comprehensive residential trash collection and recycling contract to J. P. Mascaro & Sons — a three-year contract valued at between $3 and $5 million, according to the company. Under the terms of the contract, Mascaro will provide once a week curbside or alley collection of house
hold waste and recyclables. The contract will also include yard waste and bulk waste collection for the Bucks County community.
Quakertown’s recyclables will be processed and marketed at Mascaro’s TotalRecycle single stream recycling facility in Birdsboro, Berks County.
The TotalRecycle facility is the first in the country to begin recycling what is called “flexible plastic packaging” under a sponsored pilot program.
Flexible plastic packaging includes items that have not previously been recycled in the past and typically ends up in landfills, items including: clear storage bags, bread bags, grocery store carry bags, pet food bags, granola pouches, spouted baby food pouches, chip bags, product overwrap and pouches — is not currently widely recycled and typically ends up in landfills.
The pilot program was first outlined in February. J.P. Mascaro & Sons was awarded a $2.6 million grant to install optical sorting equipment at the TotalRecycle facility to make the recycling of flexible plastic packaging possible. For the past several months, the company has been upgrading and testing equipment and processes.
On Sept. 23, Pottstown was announced as the first municipality in the nation to begin recycling the flexible plastic packaging. Residents were notified by mail about the program and they were able to begin recycling the materials immediately.
The implementation is starting with Pottstown and will then be rolled out to other municipalities.
Also in September, Mascaro received a three-year, $8 million contract for trash collection in Pottstown.