LRS has been named Chicago’s 37th fastest growing company on the prestigious Crain’s Fast 50; the announcement was made Friday, June 21, at the 2019 Crain’s Fast 50 Awards luncheon. The respected annual ranking recognizes the region’s best and most innovative companies with winning business strategi...
25 June, 2019 7 Likes
LRS announced it has been awarded an exclusive five-year residential waste and recycling contract serving 4,500 households in the Village of Western Springs. Effective Jan. 1, 2020, the contract award is Lakeshore’s fourth municipal win in 2019, following the Village of La Grange Park, the......
20 June, 2019 7 Likes
LRS announced it has been awarded an exclusive ten-year commercial waste and recycling contract by DePaul University, the nation’s largest Catholic university, effective July 2019. The contract award expands the LRS commercial service area and builds on the company’s legacy of serving Chicago’s lead...
13 June, 2019 8 Likes
LRS announced the acquisition of commercial waste and recycling routes from Molenhouse Enterprises, Inc., a long-standing suburban Chicago waste hauler. Financial terms were not disclosed. Effective immediately, Molenhouse will continue operations as Molenhouse Enterprises, Inc., delivering roll-off...
08 January, 2019 5 Likes
LRS is joining forces with the City of DeKalb to reuse leaves collected from DeKalb’s Loose Leaf Collection program in an effort to help farmers reduce the risk of crop loss due to disease, flooding or drought. In addition to waste collection and recycling, LRS......
06 December, 2018 2 Likes
LRS announced it has acquired Joliet, Ill.-based Drop Zone Portable Service Inc., a premier provider of portable restrooms serving greater Chicago; as a result, LRS becomes one of the largest portable restroom providers in Illinois and Wisconsin, and increases its inventory of portable restrooms to....
05 December, 2018 3 Likes
America Recycles Day is today, November 15! It is a national holiday that is meant to encourage Americans and those we love around the world to protect the environment and create a more sustainable place to live. Sustainability is truly a core value and a......
15 November, 2018 0 Likes
LRS announced it has been awarded a Better Business Bureau 2018 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics for companies with 500 to 7,500 employees. LRS is the first waste services company to be recognized in the award’s 21-year existence. Of the over 700 BBB Torch Award applicants,......
06 November, 2018 3 LikesIn October, Lakeshore was recognized as the only waste hauler to receive the 2018 Illinois Sustainability Award from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center for the second year in a row. Sustainability is a core value to Lakeshore and what sets us apart from our competitors. This......
01 November, 2018 0 Likes
LRS announced it has acquired Madison, Wisc. -based Royal Container Service, the leading dumpster and recycling services provider based in southern Wisconsin. The acquisition creates a highly scalable waste and recycling platform in southern Wisconsin and expands the LRS service area....
04 October, 2018 2 Likes
LRS announced effective immediately that DeKalb County-based DC Trash of Illinois, LRS’ sixth acquisition announced November 2017, will officially be rebranded as DeKalb County Recycling Systems. The rebranding reflects DC Trash’s longstanding roots in DeKalb County, and LRS’ commitment to waste div...
05 September, 2018 0 Likes
LRS named Aric Henschen its Vice President of Operations, a newly created position designed to accommodate LRS’ dramatic growth. Henschen began his 20-year waste industry career as a driver and worked his way up to his most recent position as Midwest Area Director of Operations......
22 August, 2018 0 Likes
In 2018 alone, LRS has experienced expansive municipal growth, with five new municipalities joining the LRS family. With the municipal additions of the Village of Hinckley, Village of Lisle, City of Geneva, City of St. Charles, City of DeKalb and recent acquisitions, LRS has added......
24 July, 2018 2 Likes
LRS has been awarded an exclusive residential waste and recycling services contract to serve the City of DeKalb’s more than 9,000 households, effective September 2018. The contract breaks a more than 25-year relationship with the City’s previous waste hauler, a shift that will result in......
17 July, 2018 3 Likes
LRS has been awarded two new municipal contract awards with the cities of St. Charles and Geneva. Services for four-year residential contracts in both cities began July 1. St. Charles and Geneva represent LRS’ 21st and 22nd exclusive municipal contract awards, and the fourth municipal contract award...
12 July, 2018 1 Like
LRS has acquired West Chicago-based DuPage Disposal, a family-owned waste removal service specializing in residential waste and recycling collection for over a decade. LRS will add more than 5,000 households in unincorporated DuPage, Kane and Cook counties to its coverage area as a result of......
10 July, 2018 0 Likes
LRS has announced the installation of the new Machinex SamurAI™ at its Heartland Recycling Center. Featuring a unique four articulations robot, this machine employs artificial intelligence technology to identify materials for an accurate, positive product recovery or a precise quality control functi...
27 June, 2018 1 Like
LRS has been awarded the 2018 Overall Safety Award from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA). LRS’ Live Safety initiative demonstrated the LRS safety culture, differentiating LRS as the only waste hauler recognized in this coveted category. The company also was recognized by......
20 June, 2018 1 Like
LRS announced it has expanded its presence in DuPage County with the Village of Lisle. Effective July 1, 2018, this three-year residential contract for the Village’s nearly 11,000 units includes waste, recycling and yard waste collection services....
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As a result of the acquisition, LRS adds standard and platinum portable restrooms, luxury restroom trailers, wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant portable restrooms, and hand washing stations to its already significant fleet. The acquisition significantly expands Lakeshore’s event-related portabl...
05 June, 2018 0 Likes
AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer met with Lakeshore Recycling Systems’ CEO, Alan Handley, for the Signature Bank Business Tour On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Lakeshore Recycling Systems was proud to host Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson of AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer for an interview......
21 March, 2018 0 Likes
LRS, the largest independent waste and recycling provider in Illinois, announced it has been recognized by the Daily Herald Business Ledger as a winner in its 28th Annual Awards for Business Excellence (AABE) in the category of Innovation in Business....
03 March, 2018 0 Likes
LRS has completed a recapitalization led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing and Maple Partners. The investment will enable LRS to continue to grow its operations and provide its customers with best-in-class service. The Company’s existing executive team will continue to lead LRS, and the new...
18 December, 2017 3 Likes
LRS announced the acquisition of DC Trash of Illinois (DCT), an independent waste and recycling collection provider serving 30,000 customers in Chicago's western suburbs. DCT represents LRS' 6th acquisition of a Chicago-area independent waste and recycling company over the last 4 years, as the compa...
07 November, 2017 0 Likes
LRS announced 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 f...
02 November, 2017 2 Likes
This prestigious award recognizes LRS as a leader in implementing cutting-edge and sustainable business operations, technologies, programs, products and company culture. LRS was the only company of the 22 recognized Illinois-based company to be in the waste industry. The Governor's Sustainability Aw...
25 October, 2017 0 Likes
LRS acquired Area Restroom Solutions (ARS), a leading Chicago-area portable restroom rental company. The acquisition boosts LRS' temporary services line of business by 20 percent, offering customers immediate access to portable restroom services used most frequently at construction sites, park distr...
14 September, 2017 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems announced it is 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 organ...
11 September, 2017 3 Likes
LRS has been awarded the 2017 Biggest Safety Improvement Award by Solid Waste Association of North America. LRS displayed exemplary actions in education and communication outreach to revamp the safety program, establish trust within employees and strengthen the safety culture....
07 July, 2017 0 Likes
LRS has acquired K. Hoving Companies, a full-service waste management, recycling and dumpster rental company based in West Chicago, Ill. As a result of the acquisition, LRS is now Illinois' largest private waste company and expands its system-wide services to include street sweeping and portable res...
04 January, 2017 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS), the Midwest's leading recycling and waste diversion services provider, has been named one of the nation's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®. The only waste and recycling company to be named to the list, this esteemed honor recognizes LRS within the top 85 l...
22 December, 2016 0 Likes
Bestowed by the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois, Lakeshore Recycling Systems Receives Honorable Mention for Companies with 500 to 7,499 Employees....
17 November, 2016 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) this month will be spreading lupus awareness at Lupus Society of Illinois' (LSI) Chicago Walk. LRS is bringing together all 600+ employees, families and friends to support LSI's goals of finding a cure for lupus and raising funding for research....
06 September, 2016 0 Likes
Contract Expands the LRS Service Footprint Into DuPage County, and Was Awarded Based on LRS' Active Use of Permanent RFID-Enabled Tags to Improve Service Accuracy and Lower Costs to Residents Over Time....
03 August, 2016 0 Likes
The Environmental Leader Product and Project Awards recognize excellence in the fields of environmental sustainability and energy management....
12 July, 2016 0 Likes
John Sliwicki, Brian Tibble and Daniel Fetty bring exceptional experience to LRS in key operational roles....
14 June, 2016 0 Likes
Ranking marks second consecutive year LRS has been recognized on the Waste100, reflecting continued growth and regional expansion in Chicago and its collar counties....
02 June, 2016 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS), Chicagoland's premier recycling and waste diversion services provider, has been named a recipient of the 2016 Chicago's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® award, which recognizes companies who deliver exceptional human resource practices and exceptional comm...
19 May, 2016 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) was named the winner of three gold Stevie® Awards and three silver Stevie® Awards in the categories Executive of the Year, Product Management/Development Executive of the Year, Marketer of the Year, Company of the Year and Most Innovative Company of the Year in The ...
02 May, 2016 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS), Chicagoland's leading independent recycling and waste diversion provider recently was awarded NAEP 2016 Environmental Excellence Award for Best Available Environmental Technology. ...
27 April, 2016 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems Acquires C&D Recycling, Now Controls and Processes Over 2 Million Tons of Waste Material Annually, More Than Any Other Privately-Held Company in Illinois...
10 March, 2016 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems, Closed Loop Fund to Hold Ribbon Cutting & Tour of New $8.5M Machinex® Single-Stream Recycling System at LRS' Heartland Recycling Facility: 6201 W. Canal Bank Road, Forest View...
08 March, 2016 0 Likes
The City of Highwood today announced it will be the first municipality in Illinois to require curbside organics collection for both commercial and residential services....
29 December, 2015 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS), Chicagoland's leading independent recycling and waste diversion services provider, announced it has been awarded exclusive six-year commercial and residential contracts...
22 September, 2015 0 Likes
The Top 100 Ranks the Largest Waste and Recycling Firms in North America Based on 2014 Revenue...
07 July, 2015 0 Likes
Award represents a significant expansion of the LRS-CCC relationship, from one site to now eight, spanning four colleges and four satellite-learning sites....
13 May, 2015 0 Likes
Recycling Renegades will challenge students to create and invent objects from recyclables in the inaugural 2015-2016 school year, culminating in an innovation showcase each Earth Day. ...
22 April, 2015 0 Likes
Recognized annually by CPS, the Best Partnership Award is bestowed on a supplier who demonstrates a commitment to students, a willingness to collaborate, and whose actions change behaviors and policies that result in quantifiable cost savings....
31 July, 2014 0 Likes
With the Acquisition of Heartland, LRS Will Process Over 1.5 Million Tons of Waste Material Annually and Control and Process More Waste Than Any Other Private Company in Illinois...
01 July, 2014 0 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems CEO uses crowd-funding to help raise nearly $10,000 to aid avalanche-affected Nepalese Sherpa community...
22 May, 2014 2 Likes
Lakeshore Recycling Systems today announced the appointment of Alan T. Handley to Chief Executive Officer , and John J. Larsen, Vice President of Operations...
29 April, 2014 3 LikesDue to Independence Day, on Saturday, July 4, 2020 residential waste and recycling services provided by Lakeshore Recycling Systems may be affected the week of July 6th. For more information regarding your specific service area, click here.
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