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Grant helps Lafarge Alpena tackle Michigan s scrap tire woes
JULIE RIDDLE, The Alpena News
July 18, 2021
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1of3In this June 21, 2021 photo, scrap tires partially fill a truck at the Alpena Resource Recovery facility in Alpena, Mich. Michigan has a scrap tire problem, but Alpena could contribute to the solution. By mid-2023, Alpena could rid the state of one-fifth of the 10 million scrap tires Michiganders produce each year by allowing Lafarge Alpena to burn 2 million tires a year to heat kilns used in the cement-making process. (Julie Riddle/The Alpena News via AP)Julie Riddle/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3In this May 27, 2021 photo, the remains of burned tires fill a container after a fire at a transfer station in Alpena, Mich. Michigan has a scrap tire problem, but Alpena could contribute to the solution. By mid-2023, Alpena could rid the state of one-fifth of the 10 million scrap tires Michiganders produce each year by allowing Lafarge Alpena to