J.P. Mascaro wins waste collection, recycling contracts

AUDUBON >> In the past month, J.P. Mascaro & Sons has been awarded a number of municipal waste collection and recycling contracts, including one worth more than $10 million.

The Audubon-based J.P. Mascaro & Sons was recently awarded an estimated $2.5 million in competitively bid municipal waste collection and recycling contracts to serve Royersford, Bridgeport and Mount Penn.

Two of the municipalities — Royersford and Bridgeport — are located in Montgomery County and will be serviced out of Mascaro’s Great Valley Division, while Mount Penn Borough, in Berks County, will be serviced by Mascaro’s Berks Division.

Pat Mascaro, president of J.P. Mascaro & Sons said the company is successful in being awarded the contracts because it owns its own transfer stations, landfills and recycling facilities, as well as its experience, equipment and employees.

“This winning combination enables our company to be successful on a large number of our bids and to provide municipalities and other public sector customers with the highest quality service at a reasonable cost,” he said in a press release.

Earlier this month, the company announced it had been awarded recycling contracts for the municipalities of Exeter, Swarthmore, Tinicum, Bern, Lansdowne and Perkasie. The recyclables from the Berks, Delaware and Bucks County municipalities will be delivered to TotalRecycle Inc., Mascaro’s 85,000-square-foot processing facility in Exeter Township, Berks County for processing and marketing to end-users.

According to the company, Mascaro continues to increase its commitment to recycling and growing its market share, while other companies view the cur