Residential

DWMR will use SCS Engineers’ analyses and current residential waste collection and disposal operations to identify options to optimize collection.

Only 35 percent of poll respondents believe materials actually get recycled, yet report high participation, especially among younger generations.

The program is on track to divert nearly 30,000 pounds of organic waste from landfill by the end of the year.

The Clinton Township-based company beat GFL Environmental Inc. and the city’s current waste hauler Waste Management Inc. for the contract.

The program has collected and properly recycled 100,000 e-waste items.

The $87 million contract will last for seven and a half years, with a possible extension of an additional seven years.

Several festivals across the country have committed to making waste diversion part of their events.