Four contenders line up to bid for recycling facility

Representing the four companies competing to build a new recycling facility for Boulder County are, left to right, Eric Lombardi, executive director of Eco-Cycle; Sean Duffy, chief operating officer of Charlotte, N.C.-based FCR Inc.; Jeff Callahan, Boulder County Recycling and Composting Authority, which will oversee the recycling operations, Gary XX of Western Disposal; and Todd Grier, sales manager at Waste Management of Colorado.

The past 20 years have seen recycling blossom in Boulder.

Eco-Cycle, widely recognized as one of the country’s premier recycling companies, has evolved from a…