Recycling has been a well established component of the municipal solid waste system on the West Coast for over 20 years. In fact, we recycle over 50% of our collected waste volumes on the West Coast, in some cases over 70%. We are proactively deploying this recycling expertise in many markets off the West Coast, often for the first time, to further encourage materials resuse and waste minimization. We own or operate almost 40 recycling processing facilities (MRF"s) and sell other collected recyclable materials to third parties for processing before resale.
