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I have to be very
thankful for the members
of the team and the
respective Divisions
and Departments of the
Group that provided their
collaboration
Tell us about the current waste dis-
posal service in Orange County, es-
pecially about the two zones awarded
to FCC. What material resources were
used?
Currently, waste is collected manually using
back-loading diesel trucks which collect
waste on a weekly basis. The services cu-
rrently provided by three companies that
collect waste in the five zones into which
the county is divided for the purposes of
this service.
What are the names of the two zones
where we will be providing this service?
What are they like, are they business or
residential areas?
NThe two zones awarded, the maximum
number according to the tender specifica-
tions, are known as zones 4 and 5. We are
also the only company awarded two adja-
cent zones and this offers great advantages
for providing the service, setting up the park,
designing the routes, etc. In addition, the
landfill is situated in the axis separating the
two zones. These are essentially large resi-
dential areas with some theme parks, with
about 83,000 homes where about 400,000
people reside.
Will the lives of the residents of these
two zones change much when FCC
starts to collect waste?
They will certainly be receiving a better ser-
vice, provided by a new and modern fleet of
vehicles designed specifically for this pur-
pose and by a team of professionals com-
bining the experience of FCC in other parts
of the world, with knowledge f the local
market provided by our people in the U.S.
What are the innovative proposals that
FCC is offering for providing this waste
collection service?
To provide this service, FCC will be using
new automatic side-loading trucks which
run on natural gas which are much more
efficient, competitive and safer and with
less emissions than the ones that are cu-
rrently being used. We will also put into
practice the knowledge and experience of
our technical services in terms of proce-
dures, tools and applications, all types of
supports, software, telematics, performan-
ce and collection controls etc. to ensure the
efficiency and quality of the service which
will undoubtedly have a positive impact on
the residents of Orange County.
Will we be collecting waste form many
of the theme parks?
I hope that this will be the case but this is
still not part of our contract which only in-
volves household waste. Nevertheless, ha-
ving a park of trucks and a potent waste
collection structure in Orlando will undoub-
tedly allow us to tackle the huge commer-
cial waste market of the city which has 16
theme parks, thousands of hotels, restau-
rants, and other facilities due to the more
than 60 million visitors each year. Commer-
cial waste, however, is something that we
will have to develop and promote by taking
advantage of the launching pad generated
by this contract.
We have a great opportunity for developing
this market.
What type of waste will you be collec-
ting? Are there containers installed in
the city or are we going to be the first
to install them?
The county has purchased and will distribu-
te nearly half a million new containers be-
fore the end of the year. These containers
are designed for the automatic collection
that we plan to implement. Each house will
have one container for organic waste and
another one for recyclable items that will be
collected once a week from each home.
Part of the FCC Environmental Services that participated in the