Cosmos business makes good things from the bad
When businesses have wastes they can t get rid of, they turn to P.E.C.E. Recycling in Cosmos. It is among four businesses sharing in state grant funds to develop markets for recycling. The Cosmos business takes what others can t get rid of to produce materials with value and jobs. 6:32 am, Feb. 20, 2021 ×
A semi-truck load of vinyl tape end rolls arrive weekly at P.E.C.E. Recycling LLC, in Cosmos. The company separates the vinyl and cardboard rolls and shreds them. The cardboard becomes livestock bedding while the vinyl becomes the raw material used in making vinyl hoses.
4 Minnesota recyclers receive grants totaling $400,000 from state program The Recycling Market Development funds range from $50,000 to $149,000. February 19, 2021 2:48pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Four new state recycling grants will create 229 jobs and keep tons of glass, paper and plastic trash and food scraps from Minnesota landfills each year, Laura Bishop, the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), said Thursday during a virtual conference call with grant recipients and legislative leaders.
The first $400,000 in state Recycling Market Development grants ranged in size from $50,000 to $149,000 and went to four Minnesota recycling companies converting trash into useful new ingredients that can generate revenue and jobs.