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awarded a $215M contract in Palm Beach (Florida) Palm Beach County is the home of 38 cities and one of the three counties comprising the Miami Metropolitan Area. It is one of the counties with the highest purcha- sing power and one of the highest income in the United States. Significant presence in Florida FCC already has a significant pre- sence in Florida in some of the largest counties such as Orange County and Polk County and will increase its activity in the sou- thern portion of the state thanks to this new award. FCC has signed ten contracts in Texas and three in Florida in the last few years, totalling more than 1.1 billion dollars, and is currently providing services to more than 8 million Americans. In recent years, the environmental services area of the FCC Group has achieved important awards in the international arena. Worth mentioning is the contract for the construction and management of the Materials Recycling Plant (MRF) of Dallas, at McCommas Bluff, which operates at full capa- city and has been selected by the National Waste & Recycling Asso- ciation (NWRA) as the Best Recy- cling Facility in North America. In January 2018 the Company was awarded the contract for the de- sign, financing, construction and operation of the Houston plant, which will separate and revaluate all the recyclable materials from the city and its subsequent sale for a period of up to 20 years. The facility, which recently star- ted operations is fully automated and equipped with the most state- of-the-art technology in sorting of materials, being able to treat up to 145,000 tons per year . FCC Environmental Services will provide the service using a fleet of 108 vehicles, including 90 collection trucks and other ancillary units to collect solid waste in Palm Beach County. environment B U S I N E S S 13 B U S I N E S S