FCC to open MRF in Houston

FCC Environmental Services, The Woodlands, Texas, and the City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department have announced the development of a new material recovery facility (MRF). The facility will be FCC´s second MRF in Texas.

The contract to design, finance, build and operate the plant to sort, recover and market materials was awarded to FCC in January for more than $250 million. The contract was awarded for 15 years, extendable up to 20 years.

Houston representatives Maj. Sylvester Turner and Vice Mayor Pro-Tem and City Council member Jerry Davis attended the facility’s groundbreaking. Iñigo Sanz, CEO of FCC; Tony Emilio, director of municipal services; and Andrea Rodriguez, technical director, attended as well, representing FCC.

FCC says the plant, slated to open March 2019, will have the latest materials separation technologies. The Houston facilities will occupy an area of six hectares with a covered area of about 11,000 square meters. The MRF will have a 145,000 ton per year processing capacity, which the company says is more than double that of the current needs of the city and is expected to create 100 permanent full-time jobs.

The collection fleet, owned by the city of Houston, will take materials from selective collection containers to the FCC facilities, where all recyclables in the city will be processed and sold exclusively, FCC says.

FCC says it continues to take steps in the consolidation of its project to launch its environmental services activity in North America through FCC Environmental Services, the group’s environmental services subsidiary, which covers the businesses and services of the collection of waste, recycling and treatment of solid urban wastes, handling of industrial wastes, soil decontamination and other environmental services.

FCC Group, Barcelona, Spain, is a leading global provider of environmental services, water management and infrastructure works. With more than 115 years of experience, FCC has a presence in over 35 countries. The company’s more than 54,000 employees worldwide interact with citizens daily and focus on constantly increasing sustainability.