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Recycling center reports drop in mixed paper, growth in electronics and new glass collection
Summary
Recycling center coordinator Dwayne Bai reported a drop in mixed paper from about 217,600 pounds last year to 124,000 this year, new glass collection at roughly 20,000 pounds, an increase of 10,000 pounds in electronics, and plans for a multi-county meeting and use of a $90,305 EGLE reimbursement grant.
Dwayne Bai, the county's recycling center facility coordinator, told the board that mixed paper tonnage has fallen sharply while other streams have improved or increased since last year.
"You'll notice this was a 124,000 this year. It was 217,600 pounds last year," Bai said, noting that fewer people bring mixed paper because "Nobody reads the paper anymore." He reported cardboard collection remained steady, plastics and electronics rose (electronics up by about 10,000 pounds), glass collection began a few months ago and has produced about 20,000 pounds, and a recent household hazardous-waste day collected 119,376 pounds with roughly 300 cars participating.
Bai described planning for a multi-county meeting tied to an EGLE reimbursement grant; he said the county's allocation under the program was capped at $90,305 and that the grant is a reimbursement model (the county budgets and spends first, then seeks reimbursement). He described equipment purchases and site improvements funded in part by millage proceeds and grant money: new bailers (increased from 3 to 13), a new building (cost cited in the presentation), a paved parking lot and new staff hires (growth from 4 employees to 13). Board members discussed capacity limits and concerns about using Sanilac County millage-funded capacity to process materials for neighboring counties without clear agreements.
