For the last 81 years Great Lakes Recycling Solutions has been recycling, and making money by doing it. They've been growing with garbage, in a way, opening up an expanded center in Huron Township.
Turning garbage into cash. Now, that doesn't sound half bad.
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Started as a Detroit rag, paper and metal scrap hauler by Henry
Rosen in 1927, the firm now employs about 220 people and has managed to
thrive even as the global recession plays havoc with its business.
"We
were recycling before recycling was fashionable," said Ilene Bischer, a
partner at GLR and Rosen's granddaughter. "People are becoming more
aware of the need to recycle."
The center takes in
"single-stream" household recycling from several towns and separates it
in a complex machine that uses a system of optical and electrical tests
to identify paper, plastics and metal. Bursts of air shunt refuse
toward the correct bins. GLR ships the refuse to processors.
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