Granger Recycling was awarded a five-year
contract by the city of East Lansing, Mich., to handle the recyclables handled
through the city’s curbside program and drop-off sites.
Phil Mikus, head of the company’s recycling division, said the
city is expected to generate around 2,250 tons of material a year. Materials
handled includes old news, old corrugated, mixed office paper, old magazines,
three types of plastics, glass, tin and aluminum.
According to Mikus, Granger, a division of
Granger Container, will receive the material that will continue to be collected
by the city of East Lansing. According to local press reports, under a new
Granger contract, East Lansing would pay $27.50 per ton of recyclable material
and would save about $11,000 a year.
The program is expected to start March 1, according to Mikus.
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