Mascaro expanding recycling facility
Addition will take hard-to-recycle household items
J.P. Mascaro & Sons is adding on to its TotalRecycle facility in Exeter.
The company has broken ground on a 10,000-squarefoot building that will add a new feature — a communityoriented element to the stateof-the-art-facility.
“This is our next step toward our goal of total reclamation,” TotalRecycle director J.P. Mascaro Sr. said in a press release. “Recycling is not just a fancy trend. We recognize that it is crucial toward our existence, now and in the future, which is why we are committing millions toward this essential cause. Phase one of TotalRecycle has been immensely wel-
comed and praised by both businesses and individuals and we are excited to introduce phase two.”
When it opens in the fall, the new addition will give individuals a place to bring those items that they can’t get rid of with normal trash collection.
“If you drive around various neighborhoods, you can see residents trying to do their best to dispose of televisions or computer monitors by putting them on the curb. But they just sit there, because haulers can’t take them,” Frank Sau, a spokesman for J.P. Mascaro & Sons said in an interview. “This will help address that issue. The facility will be open to the public.”
Individuals will be able to drop off hard to dispose of items including: grocery bags, tires, e-waste, white goods, polyester products, all metals, sorted plastics and non-sorted plastics.
“In the past, items such as televisions, computers, monitors, light bulbs and batteries have been immensely problematic for people to dispose of and no one has taken the time or put forth the funds to solve that dilemma. We are committed to providing the answers to the complex problems of the waste industry, such
as Phase 2 of TotalRecycle,” Mascaro added.
Once the addition is completed, communitymembers looking to make a drop-off will enter the facility’s main driveway and will see signs directing them to a private lane where they will be able to unload and conduct their desired recycling task. A TotalRecycle representative will greet each person and walk him or her through the process.
Another aspect of the new facility will be the addition of secure document destruction operation that will benefit commercial and industrial businesses, as well as individuals.
“We take security seriously. Security equals safety and that is of utmost impor-
tance to our customers,” said Pasquale Mascaro Sr., president. “We would not be in business today if we took our customers’ priorities lightly. Corporations and individuals can take comfort in knowing that all materials sent to our center will be disposed of under exceedingly diligent security measures.”
Phase one of J.P Mascaro & Sons TotalRecycle center is a 73,000-square-foot facility that opened earlier this year at 1270 Lincoln Road in Exeter, across from the company’s Pioneer Crossing Landfill. The facility uses technology to automatically sort and process recyclable materials, and according to Sau, TotalRecycle can process 700 tons of recycla-
bles a day or 20,000 tons a month.
“The facility is running at full capacity right now,” he added.
Sau said much of the material currently coming in to
the facility is being brought by J.P. Mascaro trucks, although he added the company has contracts with several municipalities that bring their materials.
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J.P. Mascaro & Sons visit www.jpmascaro.com.