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INDUSTRY LEADER Lakeshore Recycling Systems, Chicago IL
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) is a comprehensive waste management company with 15 state-of-the-art recycling centers serving municipalities, school systems, and other public institutions throughout the Chicago metro area, greater Illinois, and Wisconsin. In 2019, the enterprise was named one of the Chicago area’s fastest-growing companies, on the renowned Crain’s Fast 50.
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RS controls nearly 2.5 million tons of waste material entering its facilities, which is around
35-40 percent of the entire stream of waste for the Chicagoland and lower Wisconsin Midwestern subregions. Of that waste volume, Lakeshore recycles or diverts about 50 to 60 percent away from routing to landfills, which is an exceptional ratio. LRS LEADERSHIP TEAM Lakeshore’s C-suite is manned by an impressive team of seasoned industry professionals, with strong academic and career credentials. The large and aggressively-expanding enterprise is led by Alan Handley, CEO, champion of the corporation’s growth-by-acquisition strategic model. Handley also lectures as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Before assuming his leadership role at Lakeshore in 2012,
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