EGLE funds 64 scrap tire collection and recycling projects statewide

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced today that it has awarded $1,105,000 in grants to fund 55 community scrap tire drop-off events and other tire cleanups across the state. The complete list is below. 

Community events provide affordable, convenient tire recycling opportunities to residents, including the creation of year-round collections sites and roadside pickups. Additionally, nine new grant projects and one grant amendment will fund the removal of old scrap tire piles at private properties. 

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 playgrounds, and in manufacturing processes. 

For more information, call the EGLE’s Environmental Assistance Center at 800-662-9278, or visit Michigan’s Scrap Tire Program webpage: Mi.gov/ScrapTires.  

Here’s the full list of grantees by county: 

• Alger County: Alger Conservation District, $12,000. 

• Antrim County: Antrim Conservation District, $9,000. 

• Arenac County: Arenac Conservation District, $21,000, and a 2025 private site, $15,000. 

• Baraga County: Covington Township, $6,000. 

• Barry County: A 2025 private site, $9,000, and a 2024 private site amendment, $6,000. 

• Benzie County Materials Management Department, $12,000. 

• Calhoun County, $15,000. 

• Charlevoix County: A 2025 private site, $9,000. 

• Cheboygan County: Northeast Michigan Council of Governments, $12,000, and Forest Township, $6,000. 

• Clare County: Hamilton Township, $6,000. 

• Delta County: Delta Solid Waste Management Authority, $15,000. 

• Dickinson County: Breitung Charter Township, $24,000. 

• Eaton County: Eaton County Resource Recovery as the fiduciary for events in Eaton, Barry, and Clinton counties, $27,000. 

• Emmet County Department of Public Works, $12,000. 

• Genesee County: Farm Bureau, $15,000, and Metropolitan Planning Commission $9,500. 

• Gratiot County: Gratiot Conservation District, $9,000. 

• Huron County: Huron Conservation District, $12,000, Huron County Road Commission, $6,000, Village of Sebewaing, $6,000, and a 2025 private site, $3,000. 

• Ingham County: Onondaga Township, $6,000. 

• Iosco County: Plainfield Township, $12,000. 

• Kalkaska County: Kalkaska Conservation District, $12,000. 

• Kent County: Farm Bureau, $7,500, and Courtland Township, $6,000. 

• Leelanau County: $6,000. 

• Livingston County: Department of Public Works, $9,000, a 2025 private site, $9,000, and Michigan State Park-Rose Lake District, $9,000. Michigan State Park-Rose Lake District is the fiduciary for Livingston, Washtenaw, Jackson, Lenawee, Clinton, Ionia, Monroe, and Wayne counties. 

• Manistee County: Manistee Conservation District, $6,000, and Forsyth Township, $6,000. 

• Mason County: Pere Marquette Charter Township, $30,000, and Sherman Township, $12,000. 

• Mecosta County: A 2025 private site, $3,000. 

• Midland County: Greendale Township, $6,000. 

• Missaukee County, $9,000. 

• Monroe County: County, $19,000, and London Township, $6,000. 

• Montcalm County: Richland, Pierson and Reynolds townships, $12,000; and Village of Sheridan, $12,000. 

• Newaygo County Board of Public Works, $21,000. 

• Oakland County: Holly Township, $15,000. 

• Oceana County: Oceana Conservation District, $9,000. 

• Ogemaw County: Mills Township, $6,000. 

• Osceola County: Lincoln Township, $18,000, and Osceola-Lake Conservation District, $12,000. 

• Ottawa County, $12,000. 

• Roscommon County: Charlton Heston Academy, $12,000. 

• Saginaw County: Saginaw Conservation District, $9,000. 

• St. Clair County: A 2025 private site, $21,000, China Charter Township, $15,000, and Clay Township, $6,000. 

• Tuscola County: Tuscola County Recycling, $30,000, Farm Bureau, $6,000, and a 2025 private site, $6,000. 

• Upper Peninsula: Superior Watershed Partnership as the fiduciary for all U.P. counties, $78,000. 

• Van Buren County: Van Buren Conservation District as the fiduciary for events in Allegan, Berrien, Branch, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties, $100,000. 

• Wayne County: Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority. $225,000, City of Dearborn, $12,000, and River Rouge, $6,000. 

• Wexford County: A 2025 private site, $12,000. 

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