Flint, Mich. to Distribute 30,000 Free Trash and Recycling Bins to Residents this Fall

Residents in Flint, Mich. will be getting free trash and recycling cards this fall as the city hopes to increase the amount of materials it recycles.

Cascade, a Grand Rapids-based manufacturer, is partnering with the City of Flint to produce over 30,000 trash and recycling cards. The 96-gallon trash and 64-gallon recycling carts will be free to residential households.

The cost of purchasing and providing the trash and recycling carts will be helped largely by a $1 million grant from EGLE.

The city is looking to increase its recycling rate from 624 tons per year to 5,400 tons annually, an increase of 750 percent.

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