An Ann Arbor state Senator is raising concerns about an environmental bill heading to the governor’s desk that, he says, may actually be anti-environment.
Ann Arbor state Senator Jeff Irwin says he had been all for a measure aimed at improvements to recycling and composting and offering funding to encourage more curbside recycling across counties.
But, at the last minute during the lame duck voting this week, he says an amendment was added to the package of bills that would allow the use of heating methods to break down plastics, which he called “burning plastic” or “burning hot garbage”.
"I’m not interested in attracting more plastic burning to our neighborhoods and our communities here in Michigan, so I made every effort to get that language stripped."
Irwin and other environmentalists, like the Sierra Club, are hoping the governor vetoes or takes no action on the bill this year and lets the new Democratic leadership re-work the recycling bill in the next session.
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