This morning the campaign released a report on Michigan recycling entitled “The Cost of Delay: The Local Price of Obstruction on Michigan Recycling Funding.” I went up to the former site of the Northport Recycling Center, which the county closed last month due to lack of funding, to highlight the fact that we’ve lost out [...]

Michigan recently reached an unimpressive milestone: we are now the number two importer of trash of all 50 states. Despite posturing and rhetoric on this issue, the Republican-controlled legislature is failing us on this important issue. As the Republicans maintain “Mission Accomplished” on trash, here is the current state of trash in Michigan:

According to the [...]

The Lansing State Journal is reporting today that the federal legislation State House Republicans were counting on to block some forms of Canadian trash is stalled, and a vote isn’t expected until spring. You can read the article here:
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051210/NEWS01/512100334/1150
Meanwhile, since January 1, 2005, over 5.7 million tons of Canadian and out-of-state trash has poured into [...]