Empty bottles fund Ann Arbor’s $50K pollution prevention grant
It’s a fun irony to see that shirking your bottle return duty is still helping the environment. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality recently announced another $200,000 round of grants from its Community Pollution Prevention Fund, which gets its allocation from ten-cent deposits paid on bottles that are never redeemed. Included in the award pool is the city of Ann Arbor, which received a $50,000 grant to be deployed over two years.... [Read More...]
Nanosystems featured in the Detroit Free Press
“In just four years, John Nanos has gone from teaching organic chemistry at the University of Michigan to building a multimillion-dollar company that’s helping the environment. Katherine Yung profiles Ann Arbor SPARK client Nanosystems in October 4th, 2009 feature.” http://www.freep.com/article/20091004/BUSINESS06/910040435/1002/Business/Greener-chemical-products-allow-start-up-to-blossom “But Nanos, who got his bachelor’s... [Read More...]
