The first batch of Feet on the Street awards included $118,605 for the Washtenaw Regional Resource Management Authority(WRRMA), which beyond Scio Township, consists of Ann Arbor Township, Dexter, Saline, Scio Township, Pittsfield Township, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township. The Recycling Partnership is also accepting applications for a new round of EGLE-funded grants totaling $500,000 to help communities improve their curbside or drop-off recycling programs.
Since last fall, more than 100 Michigan communities representing over 300,000 households statewide have requested funding support from EGLE totaling $800,000 in individual grants. You can't do enough to protect the environment."Īnd part of that, she understands, is ensuring that what she puts in her curbside bin for pickup is indeed recyclable - which is exactly the goal of the Feet on the Street program that launched June 21 in seven Washtenaw County communities.ĭeveloped by the national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership, the program is intended to help communities achieve economically efficient recycling programs, reduce the number of new resources used in packaging by providing more recycled content for new products, and improve the cleanliness of communities.Īs part of its statewide recycling quality improvement efforts, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is offering grants available to every Michigan community to implement the Feet on the Street program. "I'm kind of anxious about what they'll face in the future. "I worry about the planet I'm leaving," Kurcz said of her motivation for recycling. The Scio Township resident welcomed the news that a team of community-based observers would be walking the neighborhoods of Washtenaw County this summer to provide tailored feedback on how residents might improve their curbside recycling habits. Karen Kurcz takes pride not only in recycling but also in doing it right.
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