OUR GOAL: REDUCE LANDFILL WASTE BY
OUR GOAL:
REDUCE LANDFILL WASTE BY
%
BY 2030
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Reimagine Trash News
PRESS RELEASE: Kent County Recycling and Education Center To Reopen on Friday, March 24
Grand Rapids, MI – The Kent County Recycling and Education Center (REC), located at 977 Wealthy St. SW, will reopen on Friday, March 24, after an incident caused structural damage to the building that required the facility close for three days. The damage occurred...
PRESS RELEASE: Kent County Recycling and Education Center temporarily closed due to structural damage
Grand Rapids, MI – The Kent County Recycling and Education Center (REC), located at 977 Wealthy St. SW, is temporarily closed after an incident caused structural damage to the building on Monday afternoon. The damage occurred when bales of cardboard recycling built up...
DPW relaunches e-newsletter with fresh, new look
A new, refreshed e-newsletter hit inboxes this month. The newsletter included board of public works updates, tips on disposal and recycling, facility updates, and answers to the difficult questions the DPW receives about hard to dispose of materials. The DPW aims to...
Real Questions from Real People – we answer your hard questions
Q. "I recently heard in the news that most plastics aren’t recycled and instead go to the landfill. Is this true?” A. "It depends where you live, but if your recyclables come to the Kent County Recycling and Education Center, 90% of recyclables are sorted, baled, and...
Kent County partners with Vicinity Energy – WZZM
Kent County to save $1 million a year with new trash incinerator operator – MLIVE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Kent County is expected to save about $1 million a year under a new operating agreement for its Waste-to-Energy Facility trash incinerator. Boston-based Vicinity Energy took over operations of the Kent County-owned incinerator at 950 Market Ave. SW...
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Facts About Kent County Department of Public Works
The Waste to Energy Facility generates enough energy to continually power all the households in City of Walker.
DPW facilities recycle over 4,000 tons of steel every year, nearly enough to build the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
The SafeChem program safely disposed of 152,800 pounds of chemicals from homes.
The methane captured at South Kent Landfill generates enough energy to power nearly 2,500 households.
