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Measurements from a 2021 study show that Lake Michigan’s salt content has risen up to fifteen times its natural level since the 1800s, but the effects of these high levels are only now being understood.
Instead of tossing that old t-shirt, use it to help plants grow.
A group of Michigan State University graduates and students want to recycle plastic collected from lakes and oceans into snorkels, swimwear and other clothing.
Michigan electric utilities last year produced nearly 1.5 million tons of toxic coal ash, a material that may threaten the state’s drinking water. The amount of the material stored in landfills and settling ponds and that can contain arsenic, mercury and lead was reported recently in a study by the Michigan Environmental Council.
Her efforts led to bans on microplastics and to the discovery that plastic is ubiquitous throughout the environment.
Local officials investigate city’s potential as the center of a deconstruction industry. It’s deep water port could play a role.
Barbara Lucas for WEMU’s The Green Room investigates why Michigan’s Washtenaw County is looking into a reusable bag ordinance.
Wisconsin high court’s littering decision fell on anniversary of littering incident that inspired Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.”
New research from Michigan State University indicates that biodegradable plastics might not actually be breaking down in landfills any faster than other plastics.
Success means reducing waste and dumping fees while creating a new revenue stream.
The research is also spurred by consumers who value alternatives to petroleum-based building blocks of other products.