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Panel details local, statewide sustainability efforts
State Sen. Winnie Brinks joins Kent County DPW leader Dar Baas, Spectrum Health’s Sarah Chartier for presentation. Courtesy West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
At West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum’s annual meeting this month, a trio of leaders shared what is happening to advance sustainability in the region.
WMSBF held its annual member meeting July 12, at LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park, and its featured speakers included Michigan Sen. Winnie Brinks; Dar Baas, director of Kent County Department of Public Works; and Sarah Chartier, senior sustainability project manager for Spectrum Health System.
Repeat dirty recyclers in Grand Rapids will need to undergo education program to restart service
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
Recycling at the Kent County Recycling and Education Center in Grand Rapids on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. More than $450,000 in combined recycling grants were awarded to Kent County.
Cory Morse | MLive.com
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Grand Rapids residents who repeatedly fill their recycling carts with trash or dirty recyclables could soon have to complete an educational program before their carts are returned to service.
The new initiative is part of an educational campaign spearheaded by the city that’s planned for this spring to decrease contaminated materials and non-recyclables, specifically plastic bags, from entering the recycling stream.