Michigan DEQ outlines solid waste strategy.Testifying before the Michigan Senate The Michigan Senate is the upper body of the Michigan Legislature. It consists of 38 members who are elected from districts having approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents. Natural Resources Committee, Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ DEQ Abbreviation for the Incoterm "Delivered Ex Quay." ) Director Steven E. Chester has outlined a comprehensive solid waste strategy designed to improve Michigan's recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. programs and to ensure that landfill capacities remain adequate. "Michigan citizens pay for waste disposal in a multitude of ways, including bearing the burdens of living near landfills and coping with truck traffic and noise, and it is time for that subsidy to end," Chester says. "We must work together to end the free use of Michigan as a dumping ground for out of state waste." The DEQ has released a series of solid waste reports that emphasize the need for a comprehensive solid waste strategy to be enacted in Michigan that addresses reducing waste generation, diverting di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. materials from disposal, ensuring appropriate disposal capacity and applying safeguards to protect public health and the environment when disposal does occur. Chester says the cornerstone of a responsible solid waste management policy for Michigan must include: * Funding efforts to increase recycling, provide for economic development and build technical capacity at the local level. * Expanding the Bottle Bill to control litter litter /lit·ter/ (lit´er) stretcher. lit·ter n. 1. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a and reduce the amount of recyclable re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. material going to landfills. * Ensuring disposal capacity for waste generated in Michigan while reducing excess capacity attractive to out of state waste generators. * Doubling the amount of waste recycled in Michigan by providing recycling opportunities for all Michigan citizens through plans designed and implemented at the local level. * Updating the original 1988 "Michigan Solid Waste Policy" to support these goals. Reports on Michigan's recycling and solid waste management efforts are available on the DEQ's Web site at www.michigan.gov/deqwaste. |
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