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April 30, 2026
Tracy Kecskemeti, director of EGLE’s Materials Management Division, with the Recycling Raccoons mascot at the Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit. DNR Outdoor Adventure Center At a beautiful spot along the Detroit River on a bright Earth Day morning, raccoons were among the local fauna. Six of them, to be exact, all there to mark a milestone.
The costumed members of Michigan’s Recycling Raccoon Squad – centerpiece of the “Know It Before You Throw It” educational campaign by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) – joined a group of elementary school students at the Outdoor Adventure Center, operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), to celebrate a record-high rate of recycling by Michiganders for the fifth consecutive year.
The rate now stands at just over 26% – up from 14% before 2019 and on its way toward a goal of 30% by 2029.
The April 22 announcement underscores how recycling is increasingly just part of daily life for millions in Michigan.
In fiscal year (FY) 2025, residents recycled more than 800,000 tons of paper, plastics, glass, and more. That’s enough material fill the football stadiums of the Detroit Lions, University of Michigan, and Michigan State University – with enough left over to blanket the 125-acre Detroit Zoo.
Surveys by EGLE find that nearly four in five residents say recycling availability and information have positively influenced their household habits. Confidence has grown, too. In 2025, 76% of Michiganders reported feeling sure about what can and cannot be recycled, a jump from previous years.
Over a decade, the state and collaborators like The Recycling Partnership have rolled out more than 353,000 curbside recycling carts across 35 communities, expanding access to more than 1.2 million people. For many Michigan households, recycling is now as simple as wheeling a cart to the curb.
As the recognizable furry face of recycling awareness, the Recycling Raccoon mascots – Gladys Glass, Paper MacKay, Nyla P. Lastic, Carlos Cardboard, Precious Metale, and Frank – have done their part. Seven in 10 Michiganders say they now know where to look for their communities’ recycling guidelines, up from just half in 2018. (Usually, it’s on local government websites.)
School children play new recycling video game at the Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit. At the Earth Day event, about 60 fourth- and fifth-grade students from American Montessori Academy in Westland rotated through hands-on activities designed to make recycling tangible and fun. A new Tetris-style video game installed as a partnership between the DNR and EGLE challenged students to sort materials correctly, while other interactive exhibits reinforced lessons about waste and resource management.
The students embody Michigan’s progress, with American Montessori recently being named a Michigan Green School at the top Evergreen Level and recycling 73% of its waste this year – its highest amount ever. Each classroom has its own recycling system.
Recycling is also an economic engine. According to EGLE’s NextCycle Michigan Initiative, recycling supports more than 72,000 jobs and contributes over $17 billion annually to the state’s economy. Materials once destined for landfills are now part of a growing circular economy, where resources are reused, repurposed, and reintroduced into production.
State leaders point to collaboration as a driving force. Investments in infrastructure, partnerships with nonprofits and local governments, and consistent messaging have created a system where participation is easier—and more effective—than ever before.
“Recycling is not only the right thing to do – it’s also the smart thing to do,” said Tracy Kecskemeti, director of EGLE’s Materials Management Division.
Michigan’s progress feeds into climate action goals outlined in the MI Healthy Climate Plan, the state’s roadmap to a prosperous, sustainable, carbon neutral Michigan by 2050. Recycling is vital to that effort, reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with raw material extraction and waste disposal.
Learn more on EGLE’s recycling webpage.
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State leaders are looking toward new solutions to address necessary dam infrastructure upgrades across the state.
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Ten-year plan prioritizes economic growth, regional leadership, environmental stewardship
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