Household Hazardous Waste
March 10, 2023 Media Release
Emmet County DPW has always been able to offer Household Hazardous Waste collection to residents at no charge. This has been an important staple of our program; incentivizing proper disposal to protect the health of our residents and our e...
Table to Farm: Bringing 3.3 million pounds of food scraps full circle
March 13, 2023 Media Release
The Emmet County Recycling (ECR) food scrap collection pilot program started with 18 eager businesses and less than 100,000 pounds collected in a three month period. It has grown tremendously with...
Robotics Company Features Emmet Recycling Case
AMP Robotics is the company behind the three robots--"Allie," “Brian,” and “Carl”--picking plastic containers, cartons, and aluminum items from our Containers sort line. (The robots are in the cages labeled with the green robotic arms in the...
Swinging by a recycling site to drop off recyclables should be an uplifting experience of acting as part of a community doing the right thing. So, many people are angry when they see random non-recyclable items left in and around the giant green bins, sometimes a lot of non-recyclable items. Now, in...