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Harrison Township receives county solid-waste plan amendment for Pine Tree Acres; supervisor flags Canadian trash concerns
Summary
The Board voted to receive and file a Macomb County Solid Waste Management Plan amendment that would expand Pine Tree Acres landfill footprint and add a transfer station; Supervisor Verkest noted concerns about imported Canadian waste but said the township lacks tools to stop it.
At its March 23 meeting the Harrison Township Board received and filed a county-level solid-waste plan amendment proposed by Waste Management of Michigan that would expand the Pine Tree Acres landfill in Lenox Township.
Supervisor Kenneth Verkest summarized the amendment, which would add approximately 236.5 acres to the facility’s planned footprint (including about 135 acres of engineered disposal area), permit a recycling transfer station on WM-owned property within the…
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