This week, read about e-waste, scrap tire and glass bottle recycling in the U.P.





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"MI Environment Digest - August 18, 2023"

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Marquette County glass pulverizer has recycled 1K tons of glass bottles, keeping them out of landfills [ [link removed] ]

"August 17, 2023"

About 1,000 tons of glass has been pulverized instead of ending up in a landfill, thanks, in part, to a grant from EGLE.

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Aggregate product from Marquette glass pulverizer.

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Upper Peninsula communities have been awarded over $760,000 for scrap tire recycling and removal projects [ [link removed] ]

"August 16, 2023"

Communities across the Upper Peninsula have been awarded over $760K over the past five years for scrap tire recycling projects and abandoned tire removal projects.

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Illegally disposed scrap tires on a beach in Ontonagon.

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Four new electronic waste recycling drop-off sites open in Upper Peninsula, bringing total to 12 [ [link removed] ]

"August 15, 2023"

Upper Peninsula residents now have 12 sites to drop off electronic waste for recycling.

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Electronic waste collection event in Ironwood, Mich. in August 2022.

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