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Advocate responds to bolstered Michigan recycling plan
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Earlier this month Gov. Snyder released a plan to increase recycling in the State of Michigan. At 15 percent, the state has one of the worst residential recycling rates in the nation.
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Disclosure stirs Lake Huron nuclear waste worries
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Ongoing concern over a proposed nuclear waste site very near Lake Huron took a new twist recently. A Canadian government review panel is exploring the viability of a new underground storage facility in Kincardine, Ontario. That’s about 111 miles across the water from Port Huron. The facility is almost a half mile underground but little more than a kilometer from the lake. It would hold low to intermediate radioactive waste.
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Some wastes would be reused, not landfilled, under bills
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Coal ash could be used in concrete, lime ash could be used for farming and copper sand could be made into shingles under legislation that would allow certain industries to sell byproducts that they now throw away.
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Environmental group finds toxic chemicals in university promotional items
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Both University of Michigan and Michigan State University fan gear contained varying levels of potentially toxic chemicals, according to a recent study by the Ecology Center.
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Michigan landfill use declines; Canadian imports up
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Reuse, waste reduction, fuel 10-year decline. The state has almost enough space for three decades of trash.
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Landscope: A landfill is born
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In this installment of our “Landscope” series, get a bird’s eye view of the “birth” of a landfill in Kent County, Mich.
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Ontario incinerator produces juice, reduces trash sent to U.S.
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Some Ontario residents will soon heat their homes with discarded burrito wrappers.
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Mr. Great Lakes: Canadian trash, the Weadock Plant, and trees
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Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. Feb. 21, 2014 – Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) – Delta Q 90.1 FM – Environment Report by jeffkart
This week, Kart discusses an increase in Michigan’s trash, the shutting down of a coal-burning plant and a spring tree sale. Text at Mr. Great Lakes
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Illinois thermostat collection nets 8 tons of mercury
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A recent study by the Natural Resources Defense Council reports that 1.86 million mercury thermostats are still being used in the state of Illinois. The state continues to set collection goals to help reduce this number.
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Old tires could build pothole-resistant roads, solve disposal problem
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Old tires could create pothole resistant Michigan roads.
If it works, it may help address a disposal headache.