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Asbestos removal threatened residents; contractor fined
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Attempt to cut costs threatened health, according to U.S. Attorney.
Green Gavel
Recycling scam lands conspirator in the pokey
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He pleaded guilty to defrauding scrap metal brokers by charging them for recycling services that were never provided.
Contaminants
Illinois contractor charged with illegally removing asbestos.
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Indictment says he hired untrained worker to illegally strip asbestos pipe insulation from vacant buildings and demolished one building with asbestos still in it.
Waste
Robot is on a mission to clean up Great Lakes shorelines
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A new robot could change the game for shoreline trash collection. It will be put to the test this summer in Toronto before going on a mission to clean up an island in Lake Ontario.
Podcasts
The cost of recycling electronic waste
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Michigan laws are making it more difficult to recycle e-waste.
Waste
New proposal would add deposit to water bottles
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The proposal aims to expand the 40-year-old beverage deposit law to include noncarbonated drinks, with the exceptions of dairy and dairy substitute products.
Podcasts
What goes in must come out: The prospects of drinking treated wastewater
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Drinking wastewater isn’t as far-fetched as you might think. Question is, just how much of the “waste” part can be removed at the treatment plant?
Waste
The Green Room: Washtenaw County ponders reusable bags
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Barbara Lucas for WEMU’s The Green Room investigates why Michigan’s Washtenaw County is looking into a reusable bag ordinance.
Waste
Digital map tracks factory farm environmental violations
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The map uses Michigan as the model for other states.
Waste
Passenger’s butt gets driver’s butt in hot water
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Wisconsin high court’s littering decision fell on anniversary of littering incident that inspired Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.”