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March 29, 2023
Curbside recycling is on a roll in Bay City, as the city replaced 18-gallon totes with 96-gallon rolling carts – at five times the capacity – for 15,000 households. The switch took place late last year.
Recycling carts rolled into Bay City with help from an EGLE infrastructure grant and The Recycling Partnership.
Grants from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), trade association American Beverage’s Every Bottle Back initiative, and the nonprofit Recycling Partnership covered the cost of the carts plus education and outreach about the city’s new every-other-week recycling collection schedule that started Jan. 2. The city is the first Great Lakes Bay Region community partnering with the state to provide the carts.
At a kickoff event, Bay City Parks and Environmental Affairs Manager Tim Botzau said the change is expected to more than double Bay City’s pickup of recyclable materials, from 160 pounds a year per household to an estimated 350 pounds a year. The estimated 1,425 additional tons collected will bring the community total closer to 2,626 tons a year, an all-time high.
EGLE Recycling Specialist Tracy Purrenhage said curbside carts are a high-priority way to increase collection of materials that can be reused and repurposed into new products and to keep recyclable materials from going into landfills. Michigan’s MI Healthy Climate Plan for economywide carbon neutrality by 2050 includes a goal of tripling Michigan’s recycling rate to 45% from 2005-2030.
“Our goal is to make it easier than ever before for Bay City residents – and others who live in the Great Lakes Bay Region and across Michigan – to reduce, reuse and recycle items instead of throwing them away in the garbage,” Purrenhage said.
The new curbside pickup service will use trucks equipped with mechanical arms to pick up and empty carts. Bay City residents can find collection scheduled information and answers to frequently asked questions at BayCityRecycles.org.
Officials ask that residents continue to do their part by placing only recyclable materials in the recycling carts, including glass bottles and jars, aluminum and steel cans, food and beverage cartons, paper products (including newspapers and flattened cardboard), and empty plastic bottles and containers.
Food and drink containers should be rinsed. Items that cannot be recycled include plastic bags, paper towels, electrical equipment, batteries, and clothing.
Find more recycling do’s and don’ts on EGLE’s recycling information website, RecyclingRaccoons.org.
With aging infrastructure, emerging contaminants and changing environmental conditions, the responsibility to protect water resources continues to grow.
EGLE has won a national music video contest promoting radon testing and awareness.
Nine EGLE staffers took part in a massive cleanup effort in Lansing that resulted in the removal of litter and invasive species from a park.
Several billion dollars in state and federal aid have flowed to Michigan communities over the past five years
Critical water system upgrades are in the works in dozens of Michigan communities thanks to $1.05 billion in low-interest loans from the state revolving funds. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) issued financing agreements to 72 projects in the Drinking Water and Clean Water state revolving funds across the state in fiscal year 2024.
The charging stations promote a cleaner environment by encouraging EV travel to recreation destinations across the state.
The DNR has installed solar arrays at five fish hatcheries and led the redevelopment of a brownfield site to a solar field in the Upper Peninsula.
State invests in dozens of local governments and water systems, protecting public health and the environment
Five Michigan cities are hosting electric vehicle ride-and-drives and more from Sept. 21 through Oct. 6.
The Michigan Invasive Species Program is asking waterfowl hunters across the state to take extra precautions this season to prevent the spread of invasive species.
