Bury, baby, bury: A Capitol fight over grass clippings

(MI) City Pulse – To paraphrase Winston Churchill, “Never in the field of legislative conflict has so little been haggled over by so many.” Yet in the seemingly innocuous issue of how to use our grass clippings and leaves is tucked a profound debate on the environment – and who has the real clout in the Capitol today when it comes to green issues.
In the ring of this boxing match are the Greater Lansing area’s own landfill company and the waste industry generally on one side, and environmental organizations and composting businesses on the other. More