Isabella, MI Approves Study to Determine Recycling Centre’s Future

County officials are concerned about the continued financial drag the MRF is having on county finances.

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Isabella County commissioners approved a study to determine how to proceed with the county’s 30-year-old recycling facility. Resource Recycling Systems will get $39,700 to study whether it would be effective to modernize the Materials Recovery Facility, 4208 E. River Road, from a system where recyclables are pre-sorted before being brought in by waste haulers to one where they are sorted on-premises with newer technology.

At last week’s human resources and public works meeting, MRF director Jake Borton said that the RRS bid cost less than expected and took the job at an accelerated timeline. Rather than paying $60,000-$80,000 for a study that would start in September and conclude by the end of 2022, the county is paying approximately $40,000 for a study expected to be wrapped up by the end of the summer.

County officials are concerned about the continued financial drag the MRF is having on county finances. This fiscal year, the county commission allocated $450,000 to subsidize the recycling center’s operations, which is co-owned by the county and Mt. Pleasant. The facility was originally intended to operate as a self-sufficient operation.

Courtesy: www.wasteadvantage.com

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