recycling

Plastic pollution is all around us, from grocery bags that aren’t properly recycled to islands of plastic floating in the oceans. An industrial designer…

A couple weeks ago, Jay from Detroit submitted this question to our MI Curious project:Why doesn’t Detroit have a public recycling system?There is a…

Recycling programs in Michigan have run into some problems.Some, like the University of Michigan's program, cut back on what they take. And businesses are…

Members of the public told a state panel they have concerns about landfills in their backyards. The hearing on Wednesday was part of the Department of…

Do you have any idea how much money we are throwing away with that all that garbage that's going into our landfills?Tomorrow, the Michigan Department of…

Local bans on plastic grocery bags wouldn't be permitted, under a bill in the state Senate.The bill would block local ordinances that regulate bags,…

The state is launching an effort in Flint to recycle the tens of thousands of water bottles and filters pouring into the city. By one estimate, only about…

Donations of bottled water have been flooding into Flint.Making sure people have safe drinking water is the top priority in Flint right now. But some…

Water donations flooding into Flint means a lot of empty plastic bottles.That's why a local environmental company is offering to recycle residents' water…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is offering grants for projects designed to prevent food waste. It's part of an…