Recycling in Detroit
Being a responsible environmental citizen is tough in Detroit. However, there are three places in the city to take products for recycling.
Greater Corktown Development Corporation
Open on the third Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the alley behind the CPA Building at 14th Street and Michigan Avenue, across from the Michigan Central Depot. The parking lot is off the alley between 14th and 15th. You will see their container and big dumpster. Volunteers are friendly and helpful. More information can be obtained from the Greater Corktown Development Corporation website.
Corktown will accept these materials:
- Cardboard, office paper, newspapers, and magazines (in boxes or paper bags)
- Telephone books, paperboard, and brown paper bags
- Clear, brown, and green glass bottles (wine bottles), rinsed clean
- Tin and aluminum cans, rinsed and labels removed
- Plastic bottles #1 and #2 (no caps), and clean styrofoam
- Plastic bags #1 and #2 only
- Household batteries
- Printer ink cartridges
- Iron, steel, brass, and copper
Recycle Here!
Open Wednesday 10am to 2pm and Saturday 9am to 3pm and located at 1331 Holden, just south of Grand Boulevard between Rosa Parks and the Lodge Freeway. More information can be obtained from the Recycle Here! website.
Recycle Here! will accept these materials:
- Paper (seperate into newspaper, office paper, glossy, and mixed)
- Cardboard
- Metal
- Clear, brown, and green glass (please seperate)
- Plastic bottles # and #2 (no caps), and clean styrofoam
- Plastic bags #1, #2, and #4 only
- Household batteries