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Kalamazoo updates sustainability plan: net‑zero timeline, recycling gains and service improvements
Summary
City staff reported progress toward a 2050 net‑zero goal, new renewable‑energy enrollment beginning in 2028, a 54% drop in curb contamination after a behavior program, and expanded recycling and composting programs including EPS foam collection and increased carts in 2025.
Justin Gish, the city’s sustainability planner, and Chris Broadbent, solid waste coordinator, gave the commission an update on the community sustainability plan and progress toward the city’s net‑zero emissions goal during the Feb. 16 committee of the whole meeting.
Net‑zero and emissions: Gish reviewed the city’s emissions accounting and said the municipality is targeting net‑zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. He presented scope 1 and 2 totals (baseline ~35,000 metric tons CO2e in 2022, rising to about 36,467 in the most recent reporting year), and said the city secured enrollment in Consumers Energy’s large‑scale renewable program that will supply roughly 48 million kilowatt‑hours of the city’s annual usage starting in 2028; staff estimated that participation could offset…
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