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Solid Waste Programs
Contact
Sueann Murphy
EGLE-MMD-SW@Michigan.gov
517-899-5594
EGLE is focused on reducing the impacts of material choices on our natural resources, the environment, and climate by establishing convenient, inclusive access to recycling, organics management, waste reduction opportunities, and adequate disposal options.
Consistent with Michigan's Solid Waste Policy, our programs recognize waste as a resource that should be managed to promote economic vitality, ecological integrity, and improved quality of life in a way that fosters sustainability. In addition to ensuring that waste disposal practices are protective of the public and environment, we promote a systematic approach to using/reusing resources productively and sustain-ably throughout their life cycles, from the point of resource extraction through material recycling or final disposal.
Materials management includes managing recyclables, organics, tires, wood, concrete, and other materials traditionally considered trash and landfilled.
Michigan Materials Management Facilities Web Map
In addition to ensuring that waste disposal practices are protective of the public and environment, we promote a systematic approach to using/reusing resources productively and sustainably throughout their life cycles, from the point of resource extraction through material recycling or final disposal. Materials management includes managing recyclables, organics, tires, wood, concrete, and other materials traditionally considered trash and landfilled. This map shows the locations of these regulated facilities.
How Landfills Work
Have you ever wondered:
- How landfills work?
- How they are designed, operated and maintained?
- What happens every day at a landfill?
- What role EGLE has in overseeing landfills and protecting human health and the environment?
Check out our story map to answer all of these questions and more.
Sustainable Materials Management Hierarchy
The sustainable materials management hierarchy prioritizes actions we can all take to prevent and divert unwanted materials from being landfilled. Each level in the hierarchy focuses on different management strategies for recovering value from unwanted materials. The top levels share the best ways to prevent and divert materials from being landfilled. They provide the most benefits for the environment, society, and the economy, while the bottom levels represent the worst options.
Preventing waste is the simplest action each of us can do to preserve natural resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and curb climate change.
An Alternative to Waste: A Deconstruction Story
Deconstruction is a form of recycling where construction and building materials are disassembled from old buildings that would have otherwise been strictly demolished. The material that are salvaged during deconstruction can be reused or recycled for other purposes.
Solid Waste Programs
Information
- Annual Solid Waste Landfill Reports in Michigan
- Common Solid Waste Violations
- Exemptions and Guidance
- Solid Waste Hauler Resources
- Landfill Prohibited Materials and Appropriate Disposal Options
- Solid Waste Management Fund Report
- Solid Waste Policy
- Solid Waste Policy and Procedures/Solid Waste Operational Memos
- Waste Data System (WDS)
Laws and Rules
- Solid Waste Statutes and Rules
- Bodies of Dead Animals Rules
- Part 89, Littering
- Part 115 Rules
- Part 115 Statute
- Part 115 Solid Waste Management
- Part 161, Plastic Products Labeling
- Part 167, Used Oil Recycling
- Part 171, Battery Disposal
- Part 173, Electronics
- Part 175, Recycling Reporting
- Part 195, Environmental Protection Bond Implementation
Information
- Annual Solid Waste Landfill Reports in Michigan
- Common Solid Waste Violations
- Exemptions and Guidance
- Solid Waste Hauler Resources
- Landfill Prohibited Materials and Appropriate Disposal Options
- Solid Waste Management Fund Report
- Solid Waste Policy
- Solid Waste Policy and Procedures/Solid Waste Operational Memos
- Waste Data System (WDS)
Laws and Rules
- Solid Waste Statutes and Rules
- Bodies of Dead Animals Rules
- Part 89, Littering
- Part 115 Rules
- Part 115 Statute
- Part 115 Solid Waste Management
- Part 161, Plastic Products Labeling
- Part 167, Used Oil Recycling
- Part 171, Battery Disposal
- Part 173, Electronics
- Part 175, Recycling Reporting
- Part 195, Environmental Protection Bond Implementation