FCC Environmental Services was awarded a municipal residential and commercial solid waste contract for the largest of three zones in Hillsborough County for an initial contract term of eight years and eight months with a potential extension of an additional four years.聽The Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough County unanimously approved the contract during a recent June 3 board meeting. The total backlog of the contract with the potential extension is worth about $280 million.
The contract will also give FCC one of the only three exclusive franchises to provide a commercial collection in the County, which could grow the backlog up to an additional $100 million.聽FCC Environmental Services will operate the contract from a soon-to-be-constructed yard with the addition of 95 clean-energy fleet trucks and a new CNG fueling station. Hillsborough County has a population of about 1.5 million and is the fourth-most populous county in Florida.
鈥淗illsborough County represents a major milestone for the growth of FCC Environmental Services,鈥� said CEO Inigo Sanz. 鈥淲ith it, we will now serve 1.5 million Floridians from coast to coast, joining other major operations in Orange, Palm Beach, Polk, and Volusia counties.鈥�
The new Hillsborough County contract covers about 105,000 households where FCC Environmental Services will collect garbage twice weekly, as well as recycling and yard waste once weekly.聽Houston-based FCC Environmental Services currently provides solid waste solutions for more than 1.2 million Floridians and nearly 8.5 million Americans.