Department Awards Funding to Expand Recycling

Liz Gullett

Dec 04, 2020

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy announced a combine total of more than $1.58 million in infrastructure grants awarded to expand recycling in Washtenaw County. The grants are part of the department’s strategy to support recycling infrastructure, improve the quality of recyclable materials, and promote market development using the Renew Michigan Fund.

The grant recipients are:

- Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority – $458,370 to purchase sorting equipment and a new truck to increase processing and collection capacity.
- Washtenaw Regional Resource Management Authority – $118,605 to continue its efforts to increase the quantity of member communities’ high-quality recyclables.
- Ann Arbor Public Schools – $112,716 to significantly increase access to recycling by installing recycling collection containers and promoting food reclamation activities throughout the district’s campuses and buildings.
- City of Ypsilanti – $73,440 to expand public space recycling through the purchase of recycling containers for the city’s downtown area.
- Dexter Community Schools – $17,608 to expand recycling and establish food waste collection programs throughout the district.
- Recycle Ann Arbor – $800,000 to help rebuild and reopen the community’s materials recovery facility that has been closed since 2016.

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