08042025MRF - Material Recovery Facility Single-stream Collection & Processing System

The County of Isabella, Michigan (the “Owner”) is soliciting Proposals for a Supplier to enter into a contract for Design/Build of a MRF for safe, effective, and sustainable processing and marketing of recovered recyclables from a single-stream collection stream. The Isabella County MRF will serve a mid-Michigan collection of counties and local units of government. 

It is the County’s goal to develop a regional MRF that is large enough to cost-effectively process residential single-stream recyclables, rural drop-off recyclables, and commercial, institutional, and industrial materials. County staff have actively assessed regional interest in such processing as part of the Materials Management Planning (MMP) process required by Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). As part of this effort, each of the seven counties participating with Isabella in the planning process will need to identify a destination for their future recycling system. Each of the counties joining the MMP effort is aware and currently supportive of Isabella’s desire to build a regional MRF.