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October 27, 2020
When Halloween is over, thousands of jack-o'-lanterns will be disposed of in Michigan. Instead of putting your pumpkin in the trash bound for a landfill, try giving ol' Jack a new purpose through organic recycling, as explained in this new EGLE Classroom video.
In Delhi Township in Ingham County, for example, they collect pumpkins to feed to sheep that keep the grounds around the wastewater treatment plant maintained.
And in Ann Arbor, they accept any food scraps as compost, including jack-o'-lanterns, as long they are not painted, bleached or treated in any other way.
Aaron Hiday, of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, is the statewide composting coordinator for the State of Michigan. He encourages people to compost their pumpkins through their community composting sites or by creating your own compost bin. This reduces the amount of waste in landfills and helps nourish soil.
Don't have a compost bin? Check with your local recycler for drop-off locations for yard waste to see if they accept pumpkins for composting. The Michigan Recycling Directory website lists locations that take food scraps. (Select the "Organics" tab and then click on "Food Scraps." Before taking your jack-o'-lantern there, be sure to verify with the location that they accept food scraps.)
The handy Home Composting: Reap a Heap of Benefits info sheet provides more information.
To learn more about composting, visit EGLE's composting website.
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is awarding a $750,000 Brownfield Redevelopment Grant to a new housing and commercial redevelopment in Detroit’s North Corktown neighborhood. The Preserve on Ash project will cover three acres in the area around 3300 15th St. Current plans call for six new buildings with 100 mixed-income rental units and 5,600 square feet of commercial space.
As part of an ongoing effort to improve surface water quality, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is seeking input on where to focus monitoring efforts.
Are you going to finish that? Before you throw out any more leftovers, consider that today, Sept. 29, is the United Nations’ International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2023, an opportunity to focus on practices and innovations to reduce food loss and waste and build a more resilient food system.
LED light bulbs promote energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
On Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will join Benton Harbor’s “All Things Wellness Celebration” to highlight a $1,059,022 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant, which will fund stormwater projects in the city’s Ox Creek watershed.
The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps), a network of volunteer monitoring programs that collect and share surface water quality data statewide, is holding its 2023 Annual Conference at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, Michigan, on Oct. 20, 2023.
The Office of Climate and Energy has fielded a focused team with members who span all of EGLE.
Students and others in the cities of Gladwin and Harrison are learning the importance of protecting drinking water sources, with the help of EGLE grants.
EGLE grants are helping to fund removal or repair dams with known safety issues.
Drinking water plant upgrades in the city of St. Clair and wastewater treatment facility improvements in Croswell are among $21.2 million in Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) grants recently awarded to Michigan communities.
