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EGLE outlines shift from landfill disposal to materials utilization, and tips debate on charging out-of-state waste
Summary
EGLE officials told a House appropriations subcommittee that Michigan has ample landfill capacity but is shifting policy toward recycling, composting and material markets; the agency and the governor's budget propose raising a disposal (tipping) fee to deter out-of-state waste and fund contaminated-site work.
Tracy Cascametti, acting director of EGLE's Materials Management Division, told the House appropriations subcommittee on Oct. 11 that Michigan has 67 permitted solid-waste landfills and that in the prior year about 24 million tons of solid waste were landfilled in the state.
Cascametti said about 80% of that tonnage is generated in Michigan and about 20% comes from out of state; Canada and Ohio were identified as principal out-of-state sources. She described modern…
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