With the help of a nearly $1 million grant, the Wyandotte Nation will expand and improve its Lost Creek Recycling Center.
“The Planning and Natural Resources Department is excited to receive this funding to help increase our recycling capacity at the Lost Creek Recycling Center,” said Christen Lee, Planning & Natural Resources Director for the Tribe.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a total of $947,266 in a Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grant to expand the center’s recycling infrastructure. Wyandotte Nation’s SWIFR project encompasses several features that expand and improve the Lost Creek Recycling Center by planning and constructing major renovations and permanent improvement to the facility, purchasing collection bins for recyclables, purchasing recycling equipment and other items for post-consumer materials management recovery, and hiring a full-time recycling technician to assist in recycling the increase in solid waste materials.
Once implemented, the proposed project will help reduce solid waste generated in the tribal community by enhancing, improving, and maintaining the recycle program.
“We feel the center has been a positive resource for the Tribe and the surrounding community,” Lee said of the Tribe’s recycling efforts.
The goals and objectives addressed from the EPA’s FY 2022-2026 Strategic Plan include: Ensure clean and safe water for all communities along with protecting and restoring waterbodies and watersheds. In addition, goals and objectives include: Safeguarding and revitalizing communities and reducing waste and preventing environmental contamination.
