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Canada Ships More Dirty Diapers and Trash to Michigan

February 19, 2018, 5:00 PM

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Over the years, Michigan has promoted itself as the Great Lakes State and Michigan Wonderland.

But in some circles it's also known as "landfill-friendly" and "trash friendly."

After years of decline, Canada's dirty diapers, coffee grounds and banana peels are once again being trucked to Michigan in a major way, reports Keith Matheny of the Detroit Free Press, who writes that Michigan's abundant landfills and low fees make it a preferred destination for trash from other states and other countries.

"Michigan has made its regulations as landfill-friendly and trash-friendly as any state in the country," says Mike Garfield, executive director of The Ecology Center, an Ann Arbor-based environmental nonprofit.

The amount of Canadian solid waste imported to Michigan jumped 19 percent from fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2017, the Freep reports.


Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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