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Kent County Sustainable Business Park

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Source: Planet Detroit

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Planned

Kent County is proposing a Sustainable Business Park on county-owned farmland next to the nearly full South Kent Landfill. The 250-acre campus aims to divert food and yard waste, recover recyclables, and incubate circular economy businesses, instead of building another landfill. The project focuses on separating organic waste from landfill waste and recyclable materials to reduce methane emissions

Status
Prospective
Sector
Waste Processing and Treatment, Natural Gas, Commercial, Raw Materials, Government
Location
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Planet Detroit

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The project “Kent County Sustainable Business Park” is an infrastructure initiative in the Waste Processing and Treatment sector, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Planet Detroit.

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2026-07-22

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Kent County is proposing a Sustainable Business Park on county-owned farmland next to the nearly full South Kent Landfill. The 250-acre campus aims to divert food and yard waste, recover recyclables, and incubate circular economy businesses, instead of building another landfill. The project focuses on separating organic waste from landfill waste and recyclable materials to reduce methane emissions and promote waste recovery.

Original sector

Waste Management

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Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

Michigan

City

Grand Rapids

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Planet Detroit

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Sector

Waste Processing and Treatment, Natural Gas, Commercial, Raw Materials, Government

Article published date

2025-05-25

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