Terracycle, a recycling company, has opened its largest distribution center in the United States in the former Henry Pratt facility in Aurora, the site of a tragic mass shooting in 2019.
On Feb. 15, 2019, at the Henry Pratt Co. manufacturing plant in Aurora, an employee opened fire during a termination meeting, killing five Pratt employees and wounding five police officers and an employee before he was killed in a shootout with police. Pratt has since moved its operations to Tennessee, and tax records show that it sold the Aurora site to Terracycle for $5.5 million in late 2022.
A ribbon-cutting in October officially marked the newly-renovated building’s grand opening.
Although Terracycle founder and CEO Tom Szaky said he didn’t know about the site’s history until after it was bought, it wouldn’t have concerned him.
“We’re very big on recycling and reusing, and we want…
