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Program, which offers manufacturing/recycling certifica- tion training for individuals with criminal backgrounds or other barriers; The Kent County Department of PublicWorks ($199,000) to improve the quality and quantity of recycled glass and re- cycled polypropylene (PP); Public Thread ($133,000) in Grand Rapids, which is a community-based upcycling company working to di- vert scrap and surplus textiles from landfills to create liv- ing-wage jobs and support a growing creative economy; Some of the funding will be used by recipients to upgrade equipment to integrate robotics or introduce new process- ing technologies as part of a long-term strategy to create cleaner streams of recyclables that could be more attractive to domestic buyers of recycled materials. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and state legisla- tors want to double the state’s recycling rate to 30 percent by 2025 and ultimately reach 45 percent annually, EGLE re- ports. Michigan’s current 15 percent recycling rate is the lowest in the Great Lakes region. Recycling across Michigan is receiving a boost as state leg- islators have increased EGLE’s funding for recycling proj- ects from $2 million annually to $15 million per year mov- ing forward. EGLE said the additional funds are being used to support development of recycling markets, increase access to recycling opportunities and support planning ef- forts to grow recycling at the local level. Additionally, EGLE said The Recycling Partnership re- leased results that show that the city of Grand Rapids suc- cessfully reduced curbside recycling contamination by 40 percent during its Feet on the Street campaign in the fall of 2020. Approximately 65 to 75 percent of Grand Rapids households were inspected four times between September and October as part of a pre- and postcampaign analysis. EGLE said the city is using the Feet on the Street data to roll out a 2021 hyper local educational campaign, which will inform the city’s 55,000 households on best recycling practices and emphasize avoiding the use of plastic bags and plastic wrap in recycling bins. Beyond the educational campaign, data from the Feet on the Street effort will be used to develop recycling activities this year, such as en- couraging all households with recycling carts to participate in the program; households that repeatedly put out carts with high levels of contamination will receive rejection tags and be offered to participate in an educational pro- gram with Kent County, Michigan, before they can get their cart back in service; and direction on routes that have high amounts of contamination. uBreakiFix, Samsung Launch ‘Erase E-Waste Challenge’ In an effort to raise awareness for the environmental im- pact of electronic waste (e-waste), uBreakiFix and Samsung launched the Erase E-Waste Challenge, a 6-week initiative encouraging consumers to sort through their unused elec- tronics and recycle unwanted devices for free at uBreakiFix by Earth Day.
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