recycling

Some Democratic lawmakers want to put an expansion of Michigan’s 10-cent bottle deposit law on the Legislature’s to-do list when it returns from its summer recess.

When the Michigan legislature passed a historic overhaul of the state’s waste management law, recycling proponents celebrated. But not everyone was happy with some aspects of the new policy - they say it opens the door to “industrial plastic burning.”

The Ingham County Health Department is set to host the largest one-day recycling event in Greater Lansing this weekend.

More than 620,000 tons of materials passed through Michigan’s recycling centers in fiscal year 2022. State officials say that’s about 66,000 tons more than the previous record.

A recycling project in East Lansing aimed at reducing contamination is gearing up for resident outreach.

The city of East Lansing is launching a program this month to improve residential recycling.

Michiganders appear to be recycling more than they used to, according to an analysis from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, although the state’s recycling rate still trails the rest of the country.

Game-day fans can generate a lot of trash so with the return of tailgating comes the return of a lucrative side gig: collecting the empty bottles and cans left behind to return to stores for money.

With students returning to Michigan State University this week, campus recycling services are encouraging students to be more environmentally friendly during move-in.

What once was trash, can be given another life. And can now be done, a little closer to home. The cities of Lansing and East Lansing have a new recycling and sorting facility.