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The future starts now

Happy New Year! It's 2021 and the start of what promises to be an exciting year in recycling. The Michigan Recycling Coalition is ready to hit the ground running with a variety of new projects and initiatives designed to address challenging issues, support your goals, spur innovation, and ultimately grow recycling in Michigan. The events on this page are just the beginning of what's to come. We hope that you tune into the opportunities, explore exciting and new ideas, and engage in projects that lead get us closer to a circular economy in Michigan. 

Are you or have you considered being a Recycle, MI Partner? There are many benefits. Join the Recycle, MI Committee on January 28 at 2:00 pm for an introduction to the Recycle, MI Campaign, social media tools, and learn about how you can maximize your organization's outreach using social media. Let's show Michigan how easy it is to recycle where you live, work, and play! Register here...

Join a Regional group


We hosted an "All Regions"  Regional Meeting earlier this week to provide some updates on developing MRFs and NextCycle Michigan. We are planning follow-up Regional Meetings to explore potential regional projects for NextCycle. We hope you'll join us. The MRC is divided up into 8 different regions, most of whom have a regional meeting scheduled in February or March. Find your region and sign up for your region's first quarter meeting!
 
REGIONAL 
FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS 

*Click on your region to register!*

West & Southwest Regions (combined)
- February 10, 2 pm

Mid-Michigan Region - February 17, 10 am

Bay Area/Thumb Region - February 18, 9:30 am

Upper Peninsula - February 23, 10:30 am

East/Southeast Regions (combined) - February 24, 10:30 am

Northern - February 25, 1 pm

 
Hearing a lot about NEXTCYCLE MICHIGAN? We invite you to learn more. NEXTCYCLE MICHIGAN offers an innovative pathway to identify and incubate ideas that grow Michigan’s recycled materials supply chain and end markets. There's a role for you to play. Join the conversation in your region to see where the opportunities lie or reach out to the MRC.


Soaring to new heights in 2021!


Planning events in 2021 isn't easy but we are working hard to make it easy for you to attend. This year's Conference is being designed to accommodate your schedule and needs. We will be holding a series of virtual events through April and May of 2021, and an in-person Conference on October 28 & 29 at the Bay City DoubleTree. Right now, we're focused on programming for the Conference series of virtual events in April and May. Now is the time to respond to the Conference Call for Speakers is you have an ideas and as always, we welcome your support of the Conference as a sponsor.

We hope the virtual programming we're planning attracts new stakeholders and partners to the table. We ask for your help to share information about the Conference and the targeted educational sessions we're developing with your colleagues, elected officials, regional partners to prepare them to support the local, regional, and statewide work we're doing together. 
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