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58 municipalities receive grants to collect scrap tires
For Immediate Release: March 29, 2017
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced today $587,800 in grants to fund community scrap tire drop-off events and other tire cleanups across the state. These community events will provide affordable, convenient tire recycling opportunities to residents. Additionally, three of the grants will fund the removal of old tire piles at private properties. Other grants will be used to create yearlong collection sites and roadside pickups.
Improperly dumped, scrap tires pose a fire hazard and create mosquito breeding grounds. Recycled scrap tires can be used in asphalt to pave roads, as mulch in gardens and on playgrounds, and in manufacturing.
For more information about Michigan’s Scrap Tire Program, visit http://www.michigan.gov/deq/1,1607,7-135-3312_4122---,00.html.
The full list of grantees includes:
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Name
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County
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Amount
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Almont Township
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Lapeer
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$2,000
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Antrim Conservation District
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Antrim
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$6,200
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Arenac Conservation District
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Arenac
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$8,000
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Banks Township
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Antrim
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$2,200
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Bath Charter Township
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Clinton
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$2,000
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Bay County Mosquito Control
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Bay
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$6,000
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Benzie Co. Solid Waste Department
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Benzie
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$12,000
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Breitung Charter Township
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Dickinson
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$4,000
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Burleigh Township
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Iosco
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$2,000
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Burnside Township
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Lapeer
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$4,000
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Burt Township
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Cheboygan
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$2,000
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City of Auburn
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Bay
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$2,000
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City of Battle Creek
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Calhoun
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$4,000
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City of Bay City
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Bay
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$2,000
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City of Iron Mountain
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Dickinson
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$4,000
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City of Manistee
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Manistee
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$4,000
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City of Marquette
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Marquette
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$4,000
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City of Muskegon Heights
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Muskegon
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$6,000
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City of Springfield
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Calhoun
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$2,000
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City of Wakefield & Wakefield Township
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Gogebic
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$7,000
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Crawford County
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Crawford
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$6,000
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Eaton Co. Resource Recovery Department
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Eaton
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$24,000
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Egelston, Moorland & Sullivan Townships
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Muskegon
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$14,000
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Flynn Township
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Sanilac
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$2,000
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Friends of New Troy
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Berrien
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$6,000
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Goodland Township
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Lapeer
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$2,000
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Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority
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Wayne
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$80,000
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Greater Lowell Chamber Foundation
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Kent
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$2,000
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Herman Ekkel Property
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Newaygo
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$10,000
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Jackson Co. Conservation District
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Jackson
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$20,000
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Jefferson Township
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Hillsdale
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$24,200
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Kalkaska County
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Kalkaska
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$4,000
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Kent County DPW
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Kent
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$4,000
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Lapeer Township
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Lapeer
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$2,000
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Livingston County DPW
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Livingston
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$4,000
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Middle Branch Township
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Osceola
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$16,000
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Missaukee Conservation District
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Missaukee
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$6,000
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Monroe County
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Monroe
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$16,000
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Montrose Charter Township
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Genesee
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$4,000
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Muskegon County
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Muskegon
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$24,000
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Newaygo County Board of Public Works
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Newaygo
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$4,000
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Newaygo County Road Commission
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Newaygo
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$2,000
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Niles Charter Township
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Berrien
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$4,000
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Northeast Michigan Council of Governments
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Alpena
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$6,000
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Oceana Conservation District
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Oceana
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$6,000
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Otsego Conservation District
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Otsego
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$2,000
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Ravenna Township
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Muskegon
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$2,000
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Recycle Ionia Inc.
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Ionia
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$2,000
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Richland Township
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Montcalm
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$4,000
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Robert Pentz Property
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Macomb
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$100,000
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Saginaw Co. Mosquito Abatement Commission
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Saginaw
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$12,000
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Sagola Township
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Dickinson
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$2,000
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Sarah Johnson Property
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Montcalm
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$44,000
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Schoolcraft Conservation District
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Schoolcraft
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$2,200
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Sherman Township
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Newaygo
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$2,000
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Southwest Michigan Solid Waste Consortium
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Various
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$30,000
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Village of Berrien Springs, Berrien Township, & Oronoko Charter Township
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Berrien
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$6,000
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Webber Township
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Lake
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$2,000
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$587,800
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Contact:
Aaron Hiday, MDEQ Sustainable Materials Management Unit, 517-284-6580, hidaya@michigan.gov
Melody Kindraka, MDEQ Public Information Officer, 517-284-6716, kindrakam1@michigan.gov
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