Filco Carting provides waste removal, recycling and materials management

Filco Carting Corp., a waste removal, recycling and materials management company is one company that is doing great things for the environment. The fourth-generation family owned business -- that once started with a horse and wagon back in 1910-- has become a leader in educating other companies as to how they too can become more environmentally responsible and save money in the process. Filco Carting Corp. sends out 30 trucks each day picking up between 350 to 400 tons of waste. Under their recycling division - Meserole St. Recycling - 92% of that waste gets recycled and the remaining 8% goes into landfill. A remarkable statistic. Indeed. Aside from the paper, plastic, wood, glass and metal that gets recycled, the company also recycles styrofoam- - one of the only companies in New York to do so. Once the materials are collected, separated, sorted, bailed and placed into containers, they are sent out to mills and other processors. Furthering their commitment to the environment, Filco Carting Corp. has set up a number of specialized programs for the different materials they pick up. At Filco Carting Corp., it is evident that nothing goes to waste. "Being strongly committed to environmental conservation, we actively went after markets for everything we found in the waste stream and it has been three to five years that we have been fine-tuning it," said Domenic Monopoli, vice president and chief operating officer at Filco Carting Corp.