Two rounds of applications were accepted resulting in eleven projects.  These grants had to be  expended within two years and projects had to continue for an additional five years in an effort to make all of the projects a permanent part of the communities' waste management programs.  The first grant agreement was signed in May 2001 and the last grant ended in March of 2004. 

Round 1 (Grant agreements signed in May and June of 2001): 

• City of Cadillac Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program
  Grant: $38,775; Match: $21,482
  This program provided two household hazardous waste collections annually at the wastewater treatment facility in Cadillac to all Wexford County residents.
  Project Totals: 1,536 participants - 93,167 lbs 
• Mobile Four-County Household Hazardous Waste Collection including Lapeer, Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola Counties
  Grant $60,363; Match $25,491
  This project purchased a trailer to haul collected materials from Huron, Tuscola, and Sanilac Counties to a permanent facility in Lapeer County. This project, located in the thumb region of the Lower Peninsula, has had three series of collections.
  Project Totals: 2,143 participants - 174,763 lbs
• Grand Traverse County Mobile HHW Program serving Grand Traverse and Benzie Counties
  Grant $150,000; Match $66,515
  This project purchased a mobile collection/storage unit to provide collections in the two county areas.
  Project Totals: 1,866 participants - 162,898 lbs
• Leelanau County Household Hazardous Waste Collection
  Grant $52,100; Match $17,707
  Leelanau County held satellite collections using the mobile collection/storage unit purchased with grant funding in the Grand Traverse project.
  Project Totals: 622 participants -  51,866 lbs
• Household Hazardous Waste Collection Initiative Grant for the Northeast Region
  Grant $125,000; Match $41,667
  Residents of Alpena, Alcona, Montmorency, Oscoda, and Presque Isle County were provided mobile collections in each county as well as access to a permanent facility in Alpena, Michigan.
  Project Totals: 3,073 participants - 170,361 lbs
• Lenawee, Jackson, and Washtenaw County   Regionalized Household Hazardous Waste Collection Initiative
  Grant $48,640; Match $16,390
  Through regional cooperation, residents of all three counties had access to three collections annually
  Project Totals: 8,264 participants - 1,031,898 lbs 

Round 2 (Grant Agreements signed in February and March 2002):

• Macomb County Health Department Household Hazardous Waste Satellite Collection Program  
  Grant $110,000; Match $37,092
  This project provided more convenient satellite collections to residents in the densely populated county
  Project Totals: 9,065 participants - 391,035 lbs
• HHW Facility for Chippewa County Residents
  Grant $100,000; Match $39,000
  This project provided a permanent facility in Sault Ste. Marie to serve county residents.
  Project Totals: 528 participants - 50,372 lbs
• Livingston County Permanent HHW Collection Site
  Grant $85,000; Match $69,606
  This project set up a permanent facility in Howell to serve county residents.
  Project Totals: 533 participants - 57,155 lbs
• Shiawassee County HHW Collection Program
  Grant $102,174; Match $34,074
  This project set up a permanent facility in Owosso  to serve county residents.
  Project Totals: 729 participants - 88,300 lbs
• Muskegon County HHW Program
  Grant 110,000; Match $36,656
  This project set up a permanent facility in the City of Muskegon  as well as two satellite locations in out-county areas to serve county residents.
  Project Totals: 513 participants - 34,509 lbs

INITIATIVE TOTAL:  28,872 participants - 2,279,324 lbs.

List of Michigan Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program contacts