Another was Browning-Ferris Industries, a pollution control company, whose stock was up 1 1/8, to 38 3/4.

The hauling contract for 55 Water Street is now held by Browning-Ferris Industries, a national company.

Near this site is a gigantic landfill operated by Browning-Ferris Industries.

The company bought Browning-Ferris Industries in 1999 for $9.7 billion.

Browning-Ferris Industries, the waste-management company from Texas, will recycle the cups and plastic water bottles.

And several years ago, Browning-Ferris Industries, the nation's second-largest waste-removal company, began competing for customers in the city.

Browning-Ferris Industries was added as the recycling sponsor.

Middlesex County will not receive any revenue from the project, which would be built and operated by Browning-Ferris Industries.

Because of fears of mob violence, national companies shunned the city until 1993, when Browning-Ferris Industries entered the market.

Houston based Browning-Ferris Industries attempted to swallow the company whole in 1982.