City of
Pottsville official’s awarded a $2.4 million contract to J. P. Mascaro &
Sons, a local solid waste and recycling hauler. Starting January 1, 2016, J.P. Mascaro
is to provide weekly curbside trash and every other week recycling collection
for approximately 4,900 city households for the next 3 years.
Collection services
will be provided by Mascaro’s Berks County division, that employs about 100
personnel. This facility is the base operation for 50 collection vehicles, that
serve municipalities in Berks, Chester, Montgomery and Schuylkill Counties, which all
of which benefit from well-organized daily collection services. The J. P. Mascaro
& Sons Company possesses a strategic infrastructure of recycling, transfer,
and disposal facilities that has enabled the company to be the major provider
of municipal services in the region.