Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS), the Midwest’s leading independent recycling and waste diversion provider, announces it has expanded its service agreement with the Village of Glencoe to include waste collection effective Nov. 1, alongside its already-implemented recycling collection program for the Village’s nearly 3,000 households.
The company also announced it began waste and recycling collection for the City of Blue Island’s 8,500 households effective July 2017, strengthening its Chicagoland foothold in key northern and southern suburbs.
“The Village of Glencoe has appreciated all of the work that Lakeshore Recycling Systems has done so far with their recycling collection service, so we are excited to expand our services with them to include residential waste collection,” said Adam Hall, Village of Glencoe Management Analyst.
“We are thrilled to expand our partnership with the Village of Glencoe to serve the complete waste collection needs of its residents,” said LRS Managing Partner Joshua B. Connell. “Our Glencoe homeowners will benefit from many LRS service innovations and efficiencies, from RFID-enabled bins to accurately track collection, to our commitment to environmental sustainability in not owning a landfill.”
“LRS continues to thrive in Chicagoland as evidenced by these two important agreements and we welcome the opportunity to begin waste collection for the residents of Glencoe and Blue Island,” said LRS CEO Alan T. Handley.
On Tuesday, October 24, LRS was awarded the 2017 Illinois Sustainability Award at a luncheon. The award recognized LRS as a company that has implemented outstanding and innovative sustainable business practices. While this award only identifies Illinois-based organizations, it is the longest running environmental award in the nation.
In September, LRS became the first privately-held company in the United States to introduce the use of an aerobic digester to process collected organic waste into a fertilizer byproduct. Launched in collaboration with Morton Grove, Ill.-based EcoloCap Solutions, a pioneer in organic waste recycling, the digester diverts organic waste (food scraps) from landfills, lowering the risk of water pollution and the emission of methane gas and odor into the environment.
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