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Sterling Heights to test community compost drop‑off and seek NextCycle grant to expand pilot
Summary
Council heard details of a one‑year community compost drop‑off pilot that would place two 64‑gallon collection carts at tentative locations, provide residents with home collection containers, and pursue a NextCycle grant (20% match) to supply additional food‑processing units and expand participation.
Sterling Heights staff and local nonprofit Make Food Not Waste outlined a proposed year‑long community compost drop‑off pilot designed to let residents drop food scraps for industrial composting rather than sending them to landfills.
"The pilot would go for a full calendar year to allow us to gauge participation and determine next steps," sustainability planner Alexis Weinberg said. The pilot would place two 64‑gallon…
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