E.L. Harvey & Sons

History

• 1911 - Founded by Emory Larkin Harvey, E. L. Harvey’s is now a four-generation family-owned business located in Westborough, Massachusetts.
• 1940′s - The Harvey family starts recycling. Materials included cardboard, newspaper, rags, ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
• 1949 - The Harvey’s begins operating a burning dump for the town of Westborough.
• 1960′s - The company operates landfills for the towns of Westboro and Hopkinton. These landfills have now been closed to Massachusetts DEP specifications. We purchase our first down-stroke baler for newspaper and corrugated.
• 1971 - After the addition of roll-off trucks to our business, we install a pit baler to handle the larger volume of materials generated by new customers.
• 1975 - We open a building equipped with an HRB baler. We later convert to a more productive Bollegraaf system for that process.
• 1986 - A 17,500 square foot transfer station is built. It is designed to allow us to separate recyclables from the waste stream and transport the remaining waste to ‘waste-to-energy’ facilities (incinerators) throughout New England.
• 1988 - We install a shredder and baler specifically for destruction of confidential records and high-grade office papers. Currently we are a NAID certified, AAA security on-site DOD security shredding facility. Our off-site NAID, AAA security mobile shredding division allows us to further service our customer’s needs.
• 1989 - E.L. Harvey and Sons opens a new corporate office building at our headquarters in Westborough, MA. This building continues to house our office staff, sales and customer service departments. As a public service, we make our facility also available as a meeting place for many area associations. These include NSWMA, Massachusetts Recycling Association, various town committees and other local groups.
• 1996 - A new material resource recovery facility (MRRF) is built. A conveyor belt system allows sorters to easily remove recyclables from the waste stream. This material is baled and shipped all over the world. This process keeps our customers in compliance with the Massachusetts State Regulations and waste bans.
• 2005/2006 - Further enlarging our company, we purchase two small waste hauling companies in Woburn and Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. These acquisitions give us a presence in the Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts areas. We establish a division in Tyngsboro to service our expanding customer base.
• 2006 - A 49,000 square foot construction and demolition recycling building opens. The use of state-of-the-art equipment designed and built in the Netherlands allows us to remove wood, plastic, metal, aggregate, and cardboard from construction loads. We now recycle an average 85% of the material that comes into that building. This process keeps construction companies in compliance with state waste bans and makes them eligible for points under the National LEED Program of the Green Building Council, of which we are a member.
• 2012 - E.L. Harvey acquires Recycle America Enterprises in Fitchburg, MA. E.L. Harvey renames it to Harvey Recycling of Fitchburg. This location will be accepting Municipal Solid Waste, Construction & Demolition, Shingles, Metals, Wood, Cardboard and Single Stream.
• 2013 - An 80,000 square foot Residential Single Stream sorting facility opens. E.L. Harvey worked with Bulk Handling Systems out of Eugene, OR to design, build and install the highly-automated state-of-the-art equipment allowing for up to 600 tons of single stream recycling per day. The new facility uses the latest in screening and optical sorting technology that recovers 95% of available recyclables.
• Near Future - Our goal is to continue to encourage recycling as a means of reducing waste. As a family and a business we are committed to creating the opportunity for our customers to recycle more material out of the solid waste stream. We look forward to our healthy future growth in servicing the present and future businesses of New England.

Safety Policy Statement

E.L. Harvey & Sons believes a comprehensive safety program to be one of the primary factors in the continuing success of our company.It is the stated formal policy of the corporation to strive to furnish its employees a workplace free from recognized hazards. E.L. Harvey & Sons will always endeavor to provide all of its employees a safe, clean place in which to work and the proper tools and equipment to do their jobs safely. In turn, employees must make every effort to avoid and prevent personal injury to themselves and their co-workers. This can best be accomplished by the careful following of all the company’s Safety Standards, the use of good common sense, the reporting of any perceived unsafe activities or conditions and the reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses to the appropriate supervisory personnel.It is our goal to have each employee at E.L. Harvey & Sons finish each work day as healthy as he or she started it. Our current workers compensation Experience Modification Rate (EMR) is .71 on a scale where anything under 1.00 is exceptional.

Commercial Recycling Services in Westborough, MA

E.L. Harvey & Sons provides commercial recycling services to businesses in Westborough, MA and the surrounding communities. We’ve been in operation for more than a century.  We know the importance of recycling and are committed to providing our customers with quality recycling solutions and programs that fit their specific needs. By partnering with E.L. Harvey & Sons, you’re provided with exceptional customer service and a team dedicated to help you reach and achieve your sustainability goals. 

Single Stream Recycling
Single stream recycling is a system in which all paper products, plastics, tin cans, aluminum and glass are mixed in one collection receptacle. The materials are collected in one vehicle and brought back to our 80,000 square foot Recycling facility in Westborough, Ma. Here, the materials are sorted through a variety of automated processes and manual handling for quality assurance.

E-Waste (Electronics Recycling)
Electrical devices are collected and disassembled for parts that can be reused in new machines or materials that can be recycled into new products. E-Waste is defined as computers, hard drives, office electronic equipment, entertainment device electronics, mobile phones and television sets.

Organics Recycling
In October of 2014, the State of Massachusetts placed a ban on the disposal of commercial organics wastes by businesses and institutions which produce more than 1 ton or more of these materials per week. By diverting food wastes from disposal to composting, conversion, recycling or reuse, you can achieve or surpass your sustainability goals.

Secure Shredding and Destruction Services in Westborough, MA

E.L. Harvey & Sons will partner with your business to create a customized solution that fits your specific business needs. We are committed to providing our customers with exceptional customer service, well maintained equipment and additional service options as your business grows.
Our secure destruction services keep our customers in compliance with state and federal regulations. Customers who use our Document Shredding services know they can depend on us to handle their most confidential materials. We are a AAA NAID Certified vendor and provide our customers with a certificate of destruction* for their records.

Tidy Town – Curbside Collection

Our subscription curbside collection services is owned and operated by E.L. Harvey & Sons. Residents may subscribe to trash only, or trash and recycling. The service includes weekly trash collection and bi weekly recycle collection. E.L. Harvey will provide an attractive animal-proof bin in either 64 or 96 gallon sizes to store your trash/recycling.
On your scheduled pickup day, your bin must be put out the curb the night before or by 6 am the day of pickup It should be free from obstructions and readily visible to the truck driver. Please face the front of the cart toward the street when putting out for pickup (Front facing is where the lid opens and wheels in the back).