BELLEVILLE, MI — Michigan lawmakers and local officials are crying foul over plans to ship radioactive leftovers from the Manhattan Project to a landfill in Wayne County. Approximately 6,000 cubic ...

BELLEVILLE, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Toxic waste management has been on the minds of many in Michigan. On Thursday night, residents got to ask questions at a public forum on hazardous waste transport, ...

LANSING — Bart Chapin, 70, has lived across from Granger's Grand River Landfill, west of Lansing in Watertown Township, for 13 years. He's more bothered by the truck traffic in recent years than he ...

Renovation-driven debris, seasonal cleanup cycles, and compressed project timelines are reshaping how contractors and ...

LANSING, MI — Legislation that would block the import of radioactive waste to Michigan is advancing in lame duck. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Senate energy and environment committee voted 10-4 to advance ...

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned ...

A bulldozer mixes a composting windrow at Spurt Industry's composting facility in Wixom, Michigan. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...

A preliminary injunction has confirmed – and expanded – a temporary restraining order preventing radioactive waste from being dumped at a Wayne County, Michigan, facility. The legal fight began in ...

The Michigan Senate voted Tuesday to prevent certain radioactive materials from being disposed of in the state. The legislation would also more than double fees for dumping hazardous waste. Package ...

As Emily McHugh and her family moved into a home on Ayres Street in Wayne County's Van Buren Township in Michigan about a decade ago, they knew they were moving close to a landfill. "We weren't in a ...