Modern recycling facility coming to Detroit

A $35 million recycling facility will be built later this year at an undisclosed location in the city.

Important reasons: State leaders want to increase Michigan’s recycling rate from 19% today to 30% by 2025.

• The new facility aims to increase access to recycling and position Detroit as a recycling hub.

News promotion: WM, a Houston-based waste management company, announced plans for a new facility yesterday.

• The new operation is expected to process up to 40 tons of material per hour from surrounding industrial, commercial and residential customers.
• It’s expected to be completed by the end of 2023, but a WM spokesperson told Axios the company is still finalizing location details.

What they say: Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement, “This project will strengthen our great city by providing career opportunities for Detroiters and positioning Detroit as the circular economy epicenter of business in Michigan. promote the economic growth of

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• One of my biggest fears about recycling is that after spending time sorting and removing food residue, recyclables end up in landfills.

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