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If you’ve ever wondered how to create greater environmental sustainability in your own home, some new perspectives are available to you Friday evening as part of the Ann Arbor Mayor's bi-annual Green Fair. WEMU's Cathy Shafran reports.

We are a society becoming increasingly dependent on disposable consumer products and it has a devastating impact on our environment. On "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair discusses the upcoming Zero Waste Challenge in Ann Arbor, with Live Zero Waste executive director Samuel McMullen. Find out what we can learn and how to make a difference.

Ann Arbor’s curbside collection of compostable materials resumed this week. WEMU’s Heather Irvine reports.Yard bags and compost carts can be placed at the…

2017 has begun, so it's time to make some resolutions, especially for your personal and environmental habits. In this week's "Issues of the Environment,"…

People voiced concerns about possible alternatives to garbage dumps at a public hearing today. Members of the public told a state panel that they have…

On football Saturday's in Ann Arbor, some 110,000 people make their way into Michigan Stadium. When the cheers have faded and the crowd gone home, the big…

Washtenaw County Solid Waste Program Specialist Noelle Bowman discusses where we are succeeding with food waste, and where we can improve. City of Ann…

Thousands have taken to the City of Ann Arbor's expanded composting program. It now allows residents to add all food scraps to their composting carts, and…

Ann Arbor's expanded compost program is proving popular with the community.Since April, city residents have been allowed to add all plate scrapings to…

Plate scrapings are now being accepted in Ann Arbor composting carts. The city added the food scraps this year after a study of residential trash found…