Recycling & Education Center
Kent County Recycling & Education Center
977 Wealthy SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Phone: (616) 336-2467
www.recycleKent.org
Monday thru Friday
7:30am to 4:00 pm
(excludes holidays)
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The new Kent County Recycling & Education Center opened in 2010 and is a single-stream recycling facility. Instead of keeping paper products separated from plastic, metal and glass, single stream recycling allows the recycler to mix residential recycling together. This $11.5 million facility utilizes state-of-the-art technology and people to sort recyclables.
Kent County's Recycling & Education Center accepts residential recycling - not commercial or industrial wastes. Private waste haulers and the City of Grand Rapids deliver recyclables to this facility Monday through Friday between 7:30am and 4:00pm.
Facts About the new Kent County Recycling & Education Center
- Located at 977 Wealthy Street SW in Grand Rapids, MI
- Processes 18 tons per hour (compared to 4-6 tons per hour at the old facility)
- Will process recyclables 6 hours per day (vs. 13 hours per day at the old facility)
- Will process 108 tons of recyclables per day (vs. 40 tons per day at the old facility)
- Features a 5,000 square foot education area that offers two public meeting and classroom areas and a 125-foot long viewing platform to allow safe overhead viewing of the machinery processing recyclables.
- Features state-of-the-art technology that allows residents to mix their recycling together at the curb because the new sorting process includes a combination of conveyors, shakers, blowers and magnets and requires less hand sorting.
