Family recycling business celebrates 40 years

A longtime Tucson recycling business is celebrating four decades of hard work and family tradition.

Recyco was created in 1985. “We grew up here in this yard where you’re in we would build forts we were here collecting items our first jobs were here and it’s something we grew up with and it turned into our passion,” said Belgica Macias. She is the CFO of Recyco. She explains her mother started the business.

That passion was shaped early on by watching her mom build the business from the ground up. Along the way, Recyco earned recognition for its impact, including a copper letter given to their mother in 1991 for waste diversion.

After 40 years, the yard has seen just about everything pass through it…

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