Thirty projects from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors will share $5.6M in Circular Economy Grants to advance recycling and develop Michigan’s circular supply chains. Funded by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), the grants are part of NextCycle Michigan, an accelerator program advancing innovative business and community solutions to build the state’s circular economy, minimize waste, and increase recycling.
The grants will support the development of supply chains involving waste material streams through material reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recycling, organics recovery, composting, and increasing markets for recovered materials. The 30 projects will impact 17 material categories, including food waste and plastics. Activities include commercialization of products that use recycled materials, development of new or improved collection or sorting of recovered materials, and promotion of upstream solutions that expand reuse, repair, or remanufacturing of materials.
