Michigan's Recycling Efforts See Steady Improvement and Funding Boost

Recycling in Michigan has reached an all-time high, with nearly $16 million in grants being awarded for new projects to expand recycling efforts across the state. The governor and Legislature are committed to raising the state’s recycling rate to 30% by 2029 and to 45% by 2050. The grants will be used for public-private partnerships, including a $35 million recycling processing facility in Detroit, a $1 million grant to provide all 34,000 households in Flint with a free, 96-gallon recycling cart, and a new $5.4 million facility in Alpena County to process recyclables from a six-county area.