Christmas Tree Shredding

(updated 12/29/16) Instead of putting your live tree out by the curb to be hauled off as trash, consider giving it new life as a trail, a garden bed or a part of a playground! As many as 30 million Christmas trees are purchased each year – imagine if those all...

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UPDATE: Kent County Reopens Recycling Center

The Kent County Recycling & Education Center is once again processing recyclables after being closed for a day and a half. After experiencing a plant-wide electrical malfunction on Wednesday afternoon that caused the facility to cease processing and accepting...

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The Cost to Recycle

December 2016 Dear Recycler: Kent County operates the Recycling & Education Center where curbside recycling collected from home is delivered by your waste hauler to be processed.  Bottles, cans, paper and other accepted materials are sorted, baled and sold to...

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Vote YES for Recycling Election Signs!

Whether your candidate or proposal won or lost, you can vote for recycling and WIN by dropping off old election signs at the Kent County Recycling Center at 977 Wealthy SW in Grand Rapids (open Monday-Friday 7:30am-5pm)! Boxes for your election signs (separate the...

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