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Panel details local, statewide sustainability efforts - Grand Rapids Business Journal

Grand Rapids Business Journal
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. ....

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West Michigan one step closer to 90% trash reuse - Grand Rapids Business Journal

Grand Rapids Business Journal
Kent County DPW narrows anchor tenant search for Sustainable Business Park down to two finalists.
Courtesy Kent County DPW
Kent County is another step closer to turning its trash into treasure with the Sustainable Business Park project.
The Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW) in 2018 set a goal to divert 90% of Kent County-generated trash that goes to landfills by 2030 by building a Sustainable Business Park on 250 acres of land adjacent to the South Kent Landfill on the Allegan County-Kent County line in Dorr Township and Byron Center.
As the Business Journal reported in October, the DPW drew nine proposals from around the world during its request for proposals (RFP) phase. ....

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EGLE announces $1.2 million in Renew Michigan grants to West Michigan recipients

Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy city of Grand Rapids
Leaders of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and the national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership announced $1.2 million in Renew Michigan grants that will support the largest push in West Michigan history to promote recycling activities.
The announcement was made in a virtual news conference Monday attended by Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss; state Sen. Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids; and state Rep. Bradley Slagh, R-Zeeland.
“Today’s EGLE (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy) grants provide a tremendous boost toward reaching West Michigan’s environmental and recycling goals,” Slagh said. “These strategic investments reflect West Michigan’s commitment to finding modern and scalable solutions across our entire recycling ecosystem.” ....

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EGLE - EGLE announces $1.2M in Renew Michigan grants to West Michigan community, business and nonprofit recipients

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Funding marks the largest push in region’s history to promote recycling activities
Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss, state Sen. Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, and state Rep. Bradley Slagh, R-Zeeland, joined a virtual news conference today with leaders of the Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership to announce $1.2 million in Renew Michigan grants that will support the largest push in West Michigan history to promote recycling activities.
In addition, Mayor Bliss, EGLE and The Recycling Partnership released results from a new report that shows the City of Grand Rapids successfully reduced curbside recycling contamination by 40% during the city’s “Feet On The Street” (FOTS) campaign last fall – the best performance in the state among the seven communities that participated in the new 2020 pilot program launch. ....

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Repeat dirty recyclers in Grand Rapids will need to undergo education program to restart service

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. ....

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