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Volusia County is located northeast of the City of Orlando. FCC renews its contract for the Houston recycling plant. Interview of Íñigo Sanz, CEO of FCC Environmental Services Waste Today Magazine Volusia, Florida A few months ago, the Volusia County Council members appro- ved unanimously the award for so- lid urban waste collection to FCC Environmental Services. The term of the contract is seven and a half years with the possibility of ex- tending it for an additional seven years. The total backlog awarded is 87 million dollars, which could reach 170 million dollars with the extension of the contract. Volusia County is located nor- theast of the City of Orlando and next to the Cape Kennedy Space Center, on the central coast of Flo- rida. It has a population of 550,000 residents; and thanks to its wea- ther, beaches, residential and ho- tel infrastructure has become one of the most developed and fastest growing areas in Florida. With a fleet of 42 CNG vehicles, FCC will start the solid waste co- llection services in Volusia County in April 2020. With this contract, FCC will be pro- viding services in four major coun- ties within the State of Florida sin- ce it is already providing services in Orange, Polk and Palm Beach counties. FCC also has a major presence in Texas where it already provides services to a population of more than four million people. Recycling facilities In recent months the Houston re- cycling plant, designed, financed and built by FCC, has come into operation. The plant will separate, recover and market up to 145,000 tons of recyclable materials from the city each year for a period of up to 20 years. The Houston plant joins the also recent recycling plant in Dallas, Texas, which is operating at full capacity and has been selected by the National Waste & Recy- cling Association (NWRA) as the Best Recycling Facility in North America. READ INTERVIEW environment B U S I N E S S 13 B U S I N E S S