DEQ awards 65 grants to collect scrap tires
For Immediate Release
January 15, 2019
Contacts:
Kirsten Clemens, Scrap Tire Coordinator, clemensk@michigan.gov, 517-614-7431
Chelsea Lewis, MDEQ Public Information Officer, lewisc21@michigan.gov, 517-284-6717
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced today that it has awarded $983,244 in grants to a total of 65 applicants. These grants will fund 62 community scrap tire drop-off events in both urban and rural communities across the state. Community events provide affordable, convenient, tire recycling opportunities to residents, including creation of yearlong collections sites and roadside pickups. Additionally, three grant projects will support the removal of old tire piles at private properties.
Improperly dumped, scrap tires pose a fire hazard and create mosquito breeding grounds. Recycled scrap tires can be used in asphalt to pave roads, for energy recovery, as landscape mulch in gardens and on playgrounds, and in the manufacturing process as commodity material.
The full list of grantees includes:
|
GRANTEE |
COUNTY |
AMOUNT |
|
Alcona County |
Alcona |
$6,000 |
|
Cheshire Township |
Allegan |
$2,000 |
|
Northeast Michigan Council of Governments |
Alpena |
$6,240 |
|
Antrim Conservation District |
Antrim |
$6,028 |
|
Banks Township |
Antrim |
$2,029 |
|
Arenac Conservation District |
Arenac |
$8,000 |
|
Orangeville Township |
Barry |
$2,000 |
|
Bay County Mosquito Control |
Bay |
$8,000 |
|
City of Bay City |
Bay |
$4,000 |
|
Benzie County |
Benzie |
$8,048 |
|
Bath - Clinton Townships |
Clinton |
$2,000 |
|
Greater Detroit Resource Recovery |
Detroit |
$150,000 |
|
Breitung Township |
Dickinson |
$4,000 |
|
City of Iron Mountain |
Dickinson |
$2,000 |
|
City of Kingsford |
Dickinson |
$8,000 |
|
City of Norway |
Dickinson |
$4,000 |
|
Norway Township |
Dickinson |
$4,000 |
|
Eaton County |
Eaton |
$36,000 |
|
Private - JMR Property II LLC |
Genesee |
$95,000 |
|
Grand Traverse County |
Grand Traverse |
$8,000 |
|
Jefferson Township |
Hillsdale |
$20,000 |
|
Calumet Township |
Houghton |
$4,054 |
|
Huron Conservation District |
Huron |
$8,000 |
|
Bunker Hill Township |
Ingham |
$4,000 |
|
Ingham Conservation District |
Ingham |
$4,000 |
|
Ionia County |
Ionia |
$2,000 |
|
Recycle Ionia Inc |
Ionia |
$2,000 |
|
Burleigh Township |
Iosco |
$2,000 |
|
Jackson Conservation District |
Jackson |
$24,000 |
|
Kalkaska County |
Kalkaska |
$4,000 |
|
Kent County |
Kent |
$16,000 |
|
Private - Inman Property |
Lake |
$6,000 |
|
Webber Township |
Lake |
$2,000 |
|
Burnside Township |
Lapeer |
$4,000 |
|
Lapeer Township |
Lapeer |
$2,000 |
|
Marathon Township |
Lapeer |
$2,000 |
|
Leelanau County |
Leelanau |
$8,736 |
|
Lenawee County |
Lenawee |
$6,000 |
|
Cohoctah Township |
Livingston |
$2,000 |
|
Livingston County |
Livingston |
$6,000 |
|
Manistee County |
Manistee |
$16,000 |
|
Marquette County Solid Waste Management Authority |
Marquette |
$40,000 |
|
Greendale Township |
Midland |
$2,000 |
|
Midland County Mosquito Control |
Midland |
$4,000 |
|
Missaukee Conservation District |
Missaukee |
$6,000 |
|
Monroe County |
Monroe |
$16,000 |
|
Reynolds Township |
Montcalm |
$2,000 |
|
Richland Township |
Montcalm |
$4,000 |
|
City of Muskegon Heights |
Muskegon |
$6,000 |
|
Muskegon County |
Muskegon |
$40,000 |
|
Ravenna Township |
Muskegon |
$2,000 |
|
Sullivan Township |
Muskegon |
$2,000 |
|
Springfield Township |
Oakland |
$2,000 |
|
Oceana Conservation District |
Oceana |
$6,009 |
|
Mills Township |
Ogemaw |
$4,000 |
|
Superior Watershed Partnership |
Ontonagon |
$117,600 |
|
Middle Branch Township |
Osceola |
$12,000 |
|
Osceola-Lake Conservation District |
Osceola-Lake |
$6,000 |
|
Otsego Conservation District |
Otsego |
$4,000 |
|
Saginaw County Mosquito Control |
Saginaw |
$10,000 |
|
Schoolcraft Conservation District |
Schoolcraft |
$2,000 |
|
Private - Ron Tosch |
St. Clair |
$87,500 |
|
St. Joseph County |
St. Joseph |
$4,000 |
|
Washtenaw County |
Washtenaw |
$4,000 |
|
Southwest Michigan Solid Waste Consortium |
Seven Counties |
$90,000 |
|
TOTAL |
$983,244 |
|
For more information about Michigan’s Scrap Tire Program, visit http://www.michigan.gov/deq/1,1607,7-135-3312_4122---,00.html.
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