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CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON A NEW RECYCLING
FACILITY THAT WILL SERVE FRISCO MCKINNEY AND SURROUNDING NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITIES 30 YEARS
LATER WE HAVE FINALLY BROKEN GROUND ON WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PIECES OF RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORTH TEXAS IT'S BEING BUILT ON 15 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
PGA PARKWAY JUST WEST OF PRESTON ROAD IN FRISCO CITY LEADERS GATHERED WITH BALCONES RECYCLING TO
CELEBRATE THE CEREMONIAL START TO CONSTRUCTION ON A $61 MILLION MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY
FRISCO RESIDENTS ALREADY DIVERT ABOUT 23,000 TONS OF RECYCLABLES FROM THE LANDFILL MAYOR
JEFF CHENEY SAYS THE FUTURE FACILITY WILL INCREASE OUR EFFORTS GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY
NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO BE DOING DIVERTING TONS OF WASTE FROM
OUR LANDFILL BUT IT SAVES TAXPAYER MONIES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALREADY DIVERTING 30%
OF WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL SAVES $1.2 MILLION IN TAXPAYER MONEY EVERY SINGLE YEAR BY HAVING MORE
EFFICIENCY AND THE FACILITY HERE THAT'S ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW FRISCO'S COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SOLD BALCONIES THE LAND FRISCO'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
IS INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE THE EDC HAS GOT SOMEWHERE IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $6 MILLION PLUS IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE IN THE FIRST PHASE AND THE TOTALITY IT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE ABOUT
$13 MILLION SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES SAY THE FUTURE $61
MILLION FACILITY WILL ALSO CREATE JOBS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EMPLOY YOU KNOW UP TO A
100 NEW PEOPLE NEW PEOPLE WITHIN OUR FAMILY WITHIN OUR COMPANY BALCONES REPRESENTATIVES SAY THE
STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WILL INCREASE RECOVERY RATES BALCONES IS ALSO BUILDING A RESIDENT DROP
OFF CENTER FOR CONVENIENCE BALCONES IS A RECYCLING ONLY COMPANY IT'S ALL THAT WE DO WE DON'T HAVE
THE ABILITY TO NOT RECYCLE EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN OUR DOORS IT'S WHAT OUR COMPANY IT'S
IT'S HOW WE LIVE AND BREATHE EVERY DAY SO I'D SAY YOU KNOW COME OUT SEE THIS PLANT WHEN IT'S
OPEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY COME AND TOUR IT THE NEW RECYCLING FACILITY IS
EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING BY SPRING 2026
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.