Great Lakes Echo (http://greatlakesecho.org/category/waste/)
Everything from litter to nuclear waste.
Michigan is offering grants of up to $500,000 to improve local recycling programs. When Emmet County got a similar state grant, it bought new and bigger recycling bins for curbside pickup. The amount of recycling jumped. That’s the kind of improvement the state is hoping for with the new round of grants because its recycling rate is way below national averages.
It’s taken one of the country’s most active advisory groups to see progress.
A New York landfill recently recognized for its commitment to the environment and community is now under fire from state regulators
The governor of Michigan has proposed dramatically increase dumping fees — tipping fees — to raise money for recycling, among other environmental programs.
In northern Michigan, people who live near a landfill have been dealing with contaminated drinking water for decades. A new plan for the landfill makes them even more concerned.
There’s another legislative push to add water, juice, sports drink and similar beverage bottles and cans to Michigan’s 10-cent deposit law.
Michigan recycling programs are adjusting to China’s new ban on imported waste materials.
As America confronts the opioid crisis, environmental scientists are warning about a related problem.
Luminaire Environmental and Technologies, Inc. made “false representations to customers” and prospective customers that it would properly dispose of or incinerate the PCBs, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Michigan’s Mount Brighton will showcase the product at its inaugural Fall Fest Oct. 21-22.
A bogus scheme to build an eco-friendly “green energy” waste processing facility in Detroit defrauded lenders and investors – including Chinese investors hoping to qualify for U.S. visas.
