Boulder County, Colo., Holds Meeting with 11 Companies Interested in Recycling ContractBoulder County, Colo., Holds Meeting with 11 Companies Interested in Recycling Contract

The contract that’s up for grabs is designed to keep recycling by-products and provide incentives to the recycling center operator to produce high-quality recycling materials for sale to private markets.

Waste360 Staff, Staff

March 8, 2017

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Boulder County, Colo., Holds Meeting with 11 Companies Interested in Recycling Contract
Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera

On Monday, Boulder County, Colo., held a meeting with 11 companies that are interested in becoming the county’s new recycling center operator. Some of the companies that attended the pre-bid meeting include Waste Management, Alpine Waste and Recycling, Boulder-based Western Disposal, Midwest Waste and Eco-Cycle.

The contract that’s up for grabs is designed to keep recycling by-products and provide incentives to the recycling center operator to produce high-quality recycling materials for sale to private markets.

DailyCamera.com has more:

Eleven firms, including some of Colorado's largest commercial waste management companies, attended a pre-bid meeting Monday morning to learn more about what Boulder County wants in a new recycling center operator.

The county announced last month that it was, for the first time in 17 years, seeking competitive bids for its recycling operation, a role the nonprofit Eco-Cycle has played since 2000.

Among those firms attending the meeting were Waste Management, Alpine Waste and Recycling, Boulder-based Western Disposal, Midwest Waste, and Eco-Cycle, which plans to submit its own bid to continue running the center.

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