Mid America Recycling Announces New Ownership, Now Green Quest Recycling

The Mid America Recycling (MAR) management team sold its Lincoln operations to Kelley McReynolds, a fellow management team member and the facility’s general manager. The Lincoln facility will continue to operate in the current building under the name Green Quest Recycling.

In 2014, Mid America Recycling purchased the facility, then called Midland Recycling, from Palmer Refuse. The location was rebranded to Mid America Recycling – Lincoln in 2015.

“My staff and I are committed to using our experience and professionalism to create further growth and expansion in the Lincoln facility,” says Kelley McReynolds, who has been general manager since the facility was purchased in 2014.

Mr. McReynolds was born in Des Moines and started his career with Weyerhaeuser Recycling in 1995. He moved to Mid America Recycling in 1998, then to Greenstar Recycling in 2007 and on to Waste Management in 2013. Mr. McReynolds has held positions of traffic manager, plant manager, and general manager. He has managed large recycling plants in Louisiana, Texas, and Iowa.

Since taking over the Lincoln facility in 2014, management has increased the tonnage nearly threefold—from 800 tons per month to 2,300 tons per month. In addition to streamlining processing and improving customer education, an NDEQ (Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality) grant for single stream recycling equipment helped make that change possible.

For more information about Green Quest Recycling, contact Kelley McReynolds at (402) 476-8502 / kelleym@greenquestrecycling.com, or visit www.greenquestrecycling.com.