Allan Gerlat, News Editor

March 14, 2012

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Waste Management Buys Paper Recycling Firm

Waste Management Inc. has purchased a paper recycling firm.

The Houston-based company bought Chicago-based Recycling Services Inc. for an undisclosed amount, says Bill Plunkett, spokesman for Waste Management, in an interview. The deal was completed in December but not widely publicized.

Recycling Services is the largest paper recycling firm in Illinois and serves some of the Midwest’s biggest office and property managers. The company specializes in high-grade office paper and old corrugated cardboard recycling, and also does document destruction and provides recycling brokerage services. The company has the one facility in Chicago and employs 55.

For Waste Management the purchase represented an opportunity to strengthen its capabilities for paper recycling in the Midwest, Plunkett says.

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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