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LANSING — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced today that it has awarded $674,000 in grants to fund 92 community scrap tire drop-off events and other tire cleanups across the state.
Community events provide affordable, convenient, tire recycling opportunities to residents, including the creation of yearlong collections sites and roadside pickups. Additionally, eight grant projects will fund the removal of old scrap tire piles at private properties.
Improperly dumped, scrap tires pose a fire hazard and create mosquito breeding grounds. Recycled scrap tires can be used in asphalt to pave roads, as mulch in gardens and playgrounds, and in manufacturing processes.
The list of grantees in and around Iron County includes:
All Upper Peninsula Counties, Superior Watershed Partnership, $50,000
Dickinson County, Breitung Township, $10,000
Gogebic County, City of Wakefield, $12,360
Gogebic County, Gogebic Conservation District, $2,065
Iron County, City of Iron River, $2,000
For more information, call the EGLE’s Environmental Assistance Center at 800-662-9278, or visit Michigan’s Scrap Tire Program at Mi.gov/ScrapTires.