The company that is now Great Lakes Recycling completely reinvented itself a little more than two years ago. Since then the Rosseville-based firm, which traces its roots all the way back to 1927, has added about 100 people to its payroll and taken on two new facilities.
GLR recently bought another recycling firm in New York and also opened up a new facility in Flint. The Flint location processes cardboard and paper brought in from waste haulers, recyclers and shred companies. It hopes to expand it operations there, too, as it looks to expand even further.
"We have a few more irons in the fire," says Jim DiMarco, a spokesman for Great Lakes Recycling. "There's another location in Huron Township that is on the horizon."
That could mean another 45 jobs at Great Lakes Recycling.
The company has the only single-stream recycling facility in Michigan. It provides recycling and environmental services throughout the state.
Source: Jim DiMarco, a spokesman for Great Lakes Recycling
Writer: Jon Zemke
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