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Michigan sets record-high recycling rate for third consecutive year
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Michiganders recycled 82,000 tons more than in the previous year, and EGLE research finds Michigan i...
Flint Mayor Neeley, Genesee County state legislators join with EGLE, Cascade Engineering and The Recycling Partnership to announce Flint’s Fall 2024 citywide rollout of 60,000 free curbside carts
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The City of Flint selects Grand Rapids-based Cascade to manufacture trash and recycling carts that w...
Michigan Recycles Paper, Boosts Economy
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Now more than ever, companies in the Great Lakes State are desperately seeking to include recyclable...
Michigan neighbors go head-to-head for the Recycling Championship title!
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Watch two Michigan neighbors go head-to-head – and recycling bin to recycling bin – as they batt...
Recycled plastics gain new use
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Recycling in Michigan is at an all-time high, but Michigan’s business and environmental leaders sa...
Recycling in Michigan is at an all-time high
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Recycling in Michigan is at an all-time high, state environmental leaders announced today during ‘...
Flint Mayor Neeley, Genesee County state legislators and Flint business leaders celebrate grand opening of new recycled plastics processing facility
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Flint-based company will become Michigan’s largest plastic film recycler and is looking to hire Fl...
Proper recycling practices protect the environment — and recycling workers
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Proper recycling practices — as encouraged by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes,...
Recycling and Romance Blooms in Metro Detroit
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PONTIAC — Since they met for the first time at a church — and as they laughingly admit were inst...
Ann Arbor’s new ‘SamurAI sorting robot’ is a plastics recycling game-changer
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ANN ARBOR — Michigan is now one of the nation’s three best states for recycling plastics, accord...
Here’s a ’dirty’ secret about the benefits of composting in Michigan
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BAY CITY – Former high school science teacher, current online educator and avid gardener/composter...
West Michigan composting king turns ‘worm poop’ into ‘black gold’
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GRAND RAPIDS — Luis Chen is Grand Rapids’ self-proclaimed “worm poop” king, and he coul...
Michiganders’ recycling rate up 35.4% to all-time high as access grows, new EGLE analysis shows
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To continue the momentum of the national award-winning “Know It Before You Throw It” campaign, a...
Think green during spring cleaning by focusing on recycling and reusing
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Spring is considered a time of renewal — and Michigan recycling experts say that also goes for muc...
EGLE, Michigan Chamber of Commerce and more than 30 partners join with bipartisan lawmakers to announce NextCycle Michigan
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Kickoff highlight includes EGLE’s award of record-setting combined total of $4.9 million in Renew ...
How EGLE is working to reduce waste in our landfills
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This story was originally published by FOX17 for "Morning Mix." The Michigan Department of E...
Energize Your Recycling Know-How
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This story was originally published by WDIV for "Live in the D." More people are recycling in M...
Recycling industry will be key to building back Michigan economy
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Recycling not only is good for the environment, but it also has a wide-ranging economic impact The C...
During Michigan’s battle against COVID-19, recycling is more important than ever
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Rich Elliott has never felt particularly heroic while placing his bin of recyclables out for collect...
What can be recycled?
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This story was originally published by FOX47 for "Morning Blend." Kerrin O'Brien, Executive Dir...
Keep the focus on recycling and reusing while decluttering
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Make recycling and reusing — not throwing away — the focus of spring cleaning this year. This st...
When it comes to recycling plastics, keep it clean – and know the rules
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From car parts to trash carts to pop bottles: Recycled plastics have a number of uses. This story wa...
Michigan aims to double recycling rate by 2025
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This story was originally published by WOOD-TV for "eightWest". So many events are now using complet...
‘Recycling never goes out of style’: Find new uses for your old clothes
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This story was originally published on the Detroit Free Press. Behold those pit-stained T-shirt...
Waste not this holiday season – or at least recycle as much as possible
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This story was originally published on the Detroit Free Press. While the holidays are a time to...
Comprenew prevents electronic items from ending up in landfills
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This story was originally published by FOX17 for "Morning Mix". Morning Mix has partnered wi...
Recycling 101 – how to do it correctly
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This story was originally published by WOOD-TV for "eightWest". GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – ...
Learn the rules for recycling batteries
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This story was originally published on ClickonDetroit.com/live-in-the-d. The Michigan Depa...
Paper recycling featuring Paper McKay
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This story was originally published by WSYM for "Morning Blend". Jill Greenberg, Spokeswoman...
Plastic recycling 101
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This story was originally published by WOOD-TV for "eightWest". For all the great natural resou...
Learn how this company uses recycled plastic to make high-quality products
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This story was originally published by FOX17 for "Morning Mix". Plastic. It's in cars, refri...
Not all paper is recyclable – learn how to recognize the trash
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This story was originally published by WDIV Channel 4 for Live in the D. The holidays are appro...
Not all paper can be recycled; here’s what goes in the bin
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This story was originally published by FOX17 for "Morning Mix". Paper is one of those things...
Paper recycling 101
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This story was originally published by WOOD-TV for "eightWest". When you think about it, we hav...
Cardboard recycling 101
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This story was originally published by WOOD-TV for woodtv.com/eightwest. Think about it, these ...
Learn the rules of recycling cardboard
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This story was originally published by WDIV for clickondetroit.com/live-in-the-d. After the last pie...
What’s the secret to recycling cardboard? Ask Michigan’s Recycling Raccoons
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This story was originally published on the Detroit Free Press website. If you want to improve y...
Recycling Glass 101
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This story was originally published by WOOD-TV for woodtv.com/eightwest. You may know that recy...
Recycling glass? You may be doing it all wrong and here’s why
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This story was originally published by WDIV for clickondetroit.com/live-in-the-d. Live in the D...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Recycling: How to do it properly
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Everyone knows recycling materials is good for the planet and reducing the amount of waste that ends...
Think you’re recycling the right way? Here’s what you need to know
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Everyday you're likely to use some sort of can or metal, whether it's a pop or soup can. What do you...
Recycling metal – what you need to know
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In an average day, you will likely come in contact with many different types of metal products – e...
Metal recycling in southeast Michigan takes many shapes — including art
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For professional artist Chris Nesbitt, conversations about metal can get heavy, sometimes into the h...
What happens to plastic after it’s recycled
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Did you know that Michigan has the lowest recycling rate in the Great Lakes? There's a new promotion...
What happens to plastic bottles when you recycle them?
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Every day, you likely use all kinds of plastic - everything from water bottles to containers, and yo...
Meet the furry faces of Michigan’s new recycling campaign
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Did you know there’s a right way and a wrong way to recycle?
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Many people do not know that plastic bags cannot be recycled. Some stores may accept them once you'v...
Recycling at the Ballpark
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We all want to help keep our earth clean, and one way we do that is by recycling. As we know, there ...
Confused about recycling? Talk to the Raccoon Squad
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Celine and Joe Sommerdyke are determined to help save the planet. But hectic days spent shuttling be...
“Know It Before You Throw It” campaign informs people about rules of recycling
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Recycling has many benefits including energy savings, reduction in water use, decreases in greenhous...
EGLE kicks off Know It Before You Throw It education campaign in state’s first-ever effort to promote cleaner recycling
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Goal is to reduce contaminated materials going into recycling bins and double state’s recycling ra...