MI DEQ's annual landfill report shows a new record high for the percentage of waste buried in Michigan that is coming from elsewhere -- 28.2%, up from 13.5% in 1996. Oh, Canada.
http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-whm-stsw-reportOFsolidwastelandfilled2-22-5.pdf
Fortunately, DEQ has a new strategy to deal with solid waste, and it includes expanding the bottle/can deposit. That one will only happen via the ballot -- just like the original law in 1976. But at least they're thinking constructively in DEQ.
http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-whm-stsw-recyclingreport2-22-05.pdf
Posted by Dave at February 23, 2005 04:09 PM