Emmet County Recycling
Sep 07, 2016
Elisa Seltzer
Emmet County Recycling
Governor Rick Snyder announced a plan designed to increase residential recycling access statewide in 2014. He also announced appointments to a nine-member Michigan Recycling Council to guide the plan's implementation, including Emmet County's own recycling guru, Elisa Seltzer.
They recently rolled out a large rolling cart which helps to provide 100 gallons of recycling capabilities at curbside each week for every household in Emmet County.
There are over 350 Semi trucks going out per year of recycled material that is reused by factories in Michigan. 97% of the recycled goods remain in Michigan to be reused.
The other program that started out in the last year or so is to compost food scraps and other organic material.