FCC secures contract in Dallas suburb

FCC secures contract in Dallas suburb
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University Park (Texas) City Council has awarded London-based FCC, a global environmental services, infrastructure and water management group, a five-year service contract for the treatment and marketing of the city’s recyclables. The materials will be processed at a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) located in Dallas, which is currently being constructed by FCC and is due to open Jan. 1, 2017.

The city of University Park in Dallas County has a population of approximately 24,000 residents. FCC will collect and process approximately 3,200 tons of recyclable material per year from residents. The service commencement date of the contract is Jan. 2, 2017, with a possible extension for an additional five years.

FCC was awarded the contract to build the state of the art MRF on the McCommas Bluff Landfill site in southern Dallas in November 2015 with construction starting earlier this year. The turnover volume for the plant is around $300 million dollars over the course of its lifetime.

According to the company, the plant will use the latest sorting and classification techniques, including artificial vision, as well as optical and gravimetric sorting machines. All materials collected in the single recycling container will be sorted into different categories. It will recycle and give thousands of tons of paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metals produced by the citizens of Dallas, back to the market, thereby following the circular economy principles, states FCC.

Inigo Sanz, CEO of FCC Environmental Services, the U.S. subsidiary of FCC Group, says, “FCC has a growing presence in the U.S. waste sector, and following recent awards in Orange County and Dallas, securing the University Park contract is another important step for us. By processing the recyclable material at our state of the art recycling facility we will make a huge difference to the management of waste for the local community.”

Last month FCC received the P3 Bulletin Award for the single-stream MRF on the McCommas Bluff Landfill site in southern Dallas in the category Best Waste/Energy/Water Project. The P3 model that FCC proposed stood out because it was the highest scored in all areas: technical, educational, operational and financial, guaranteeing a positive financial value to the city along the contract term. The judges for the award were enthusiastic because the project provides a model for the US for waste reduction in the future, offering a strong and efficient solution to a potentially growing problem in the country.

FCC Group has over 100 years of experience in environmental services. It currently serves more than 53 million people in 13 countries, with a network of more than 120 recycling facilities and 10 existing waste-to-energy projects with a capacity over 2.6 million tons and 300 MW power output.

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Source: Recycling Today
FCC secures contract in Dallas suburb
<![CDATA[University Park (Texas) City Council has awarded London-based FCC, a global environmental services, infrastructure and water management group, a five-year service contract for the treatment and marketing of the city’s recyclables. The materials will be processed at a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) located in Dallas, which is currently being constructed by FCC and is due to open Jan. 1, 2017. The city of University Park in Dallas County has a population of approximately 24,000 residents. FCC will collect and process approximately 3,200 tons of recyclable material per year from residents. The service commencement date of the contract is Jan. 2, 2017, with a possible extension for an additional five years. FCC was awarded the contract to build the state of the art MRF on the McCommas Bluff Landfill site in southern Dallas in November 2015 with construction starting earlier this year. The turnover volume for the plant is around $300 million dollars over the course of its lifetime. According to the company, the plant will use the latest sorting and classification techniques, including artificial vision, as well as optical and gravimetric sorting machines. All materials collected in the single recycling container will be sorted into different categories. It will…