YARD WASTE BAN - ACTION ALERT!

House Bills 4265 and 4266 which would exempt landfills with methane gas collection systems from the Michigan Yard Waste Ban were passed by the Michigan House of Representatives and are currently being consider by the Michigan Senate. Initial testimony was taken on Tuesday, May 15 and is scheduled to again be taken on Tuesday, May 29 at 1pm in the Senate Hearing Room of the Boji Tower in dowtown Lansing. Landfills that have a collection system for the recovery of landfill gases for electricity generation will be permitted to landfill yard waste if these bills move forward. One significant change to the effort is that yard clippings must continue to be source separated at the curb. The MRC remains opposed to these bills, see our policy statement here.

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Michigan is Sending Jobs to the Landfill

This key policy statement of the MRC outlines how supporting recycling efforts, state-wide, can create and maintain Michigan jobs.  The paper is based on results from a 2009 Public Sector Consultants study as well as MRC's 2011 State of Recycling Report:  A Way Forward.  The paper is a good one pager that can be printed and shared with policy makers to provide solid statistics on the economic benefits of recycling.

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MRC 2011 State of Recycling Report:  A Way Forward

The report and policy platform that supports MRC advocacy work with Michigan decision-makers.  Hear Mike Csapo discuss the report with Kirk Heinze of Greening the Great Lakes.

Find out where to recycle if you are a

  Household - Michigan Map of County program contacts

or Earth's 911 Locator

or a 

Business - Michigan DEQ's Recycled Materials Market Directory

Michigan Map and List of Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs)