Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the fourth consecutive year, Michigan residents increased their recycling rate — surpassing 25% in 2024, according to analysis ...

The decision allows the Wayne Disposal Landfill along I-94 to grow by more than 5 million cubic yards as a lawsuit over radioactive waste continues.

Whether it’s small single-use batteries, household rechargeable batteries, or large batteries for electric vehicles, disposal can pose a significant ...

Wayne Disposal hazardous waste landfill off I-94 in Van Buren Township seeks a nearly 23% increase in its storage capacity from regulators. The landfill has generated public controversy from accepting ...

Thousands of pounds of plastic pellets, known as nurdles, spilled along I-196 and into the Kalamazoo River near Saugatuck ...

Following years of legal back and forth, attorneys for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, and a host of environmental groups and agricultural industry representatives, met on ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) – The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has awarded over $1.1 million in grants for community scrap tire drop-off events and tire cleanups. Grants ...

State lawmakers from Wayne County are outlining plans to prevent future loads of out-of-state radioactive or hazardous waste from being dumped in Michigan's most populous county, but they face ...

Wayne Disposal Inc., one of the largest hazardous waste landfills in the country, is seeking to further expand its facility in Wayne County's Van Buren Township. The landfill's acceptance of toxic ...

In a rare rebuke to the industrial farm sector, the Michigan Supreme Court this week ruled that state environmental regulators have full authority to require big livestock and poultry operations to ...