BFI PLANS RECOVERY FACILITY FOR P&G

Plans for a new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in the Cape Girardeau area have been announced by Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., headquartered at Marion, Ill.

The plans were included in an announcement by Browning-Ferris and Procter & Gamble of Cape Girardeau to jointly expand P&G's recycling program.

"This new project will bring out the best in a cooperative partnership between BFI and P&G to reduce waste and recover recyclable materials and move them to market efficiently," said William D. Ruckelshaus, chairman and CEO of BFI.

The P&G plant, which manufactures paper products, has recycled its manufacturing by-products for several years, but under the new program BFI will handle the internal solid waste collection for the plant and build a MRF facility on Nash Road.

The MRF will process such plant by-products as corrugated cardboard, paper and various plastics.

"The materials will be sorted and baled for shipment," said Ruckelshaus.

BFI will provide collecting, sorting and preparation for the shipping.

"We expect to hire 20 to 25 new employees for the collection service and plant operation," said Ruckelshaus. "Sorting the materials at the plant will be subcontracted by BFI to VIP Industries, Inc., headquartered at Cape Girardeau."

VIP Industries is the largest sheltered workshop in Missouri and serves three counties with more than 300 developmentally disabled employees at four facilities engaged in product packaging.

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., is one of the largest publicly held companies engaged in providing waste services. Subsidiaries and affiliates collect, transport, treat and dispose of commercial, residential, industrial and municipal solid wastes.

BFI subsidiaries are also involved in recycling, resource recovery facilities, medical wastes services, portable restroom services and municipal and commercial sweeping operations.