Mich. House Dems seek to dump trash imports
State Rep. Angerer pitches plan to increase trash-dumping fees, put moratorium on new landfills
Monroe News
By: Charles Slat
January 11. 2006 12:43PM
State Rep. Kathy Angerer, D-Dundee (Mich.), talks Tuesday morning from Ralph and Ann Burbridge’s back yard about her opposition to the expansion and construction of Michigan garbage dumps. Behind Rep. Angerer is the Vienna Junction landfill.
ERIE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The scene outside the sunroom of Ralph and Ann Burbridge’s Erie Township home is that of a man-made mountain.
"My husband has given it a name," Mrs. Burbridge said. "He calls it Mount Trashmore."
In reality, it’s Browning-Ferris Industries’ big Vienna Junction landfill near the state line, where tons of garbage find their final resting place each day. The landfill towers so high, it creates artificial sunsets for the Burbridges. . . . Read more
Monroe News
By: Charles Slat
January 11. 2006 12:43PM
State Rep. Kathy Angerer, D-Dundee (Mich.), talks Tuesday morning from Ralph and Ann Burbridge’s back yard about her opposition to the expansion and construction of Michigan garbage dumps. Behind Rep. Angerer is the Vienna Junction landfill.
ERIE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The scene outside the sunroom of Ralph and Ann Burbridge’s Erie Township home is that of a man-made mountain.
"My husband has given it a name," Mrs. Burbridge said. "He calls it Mount Trashmore."
In reality, it’s Browning-Ferris Industries’ big Vienna Junction landfill near the state line, where tons of garbage find their final resting place each day. The landfill towers so high, it creates artificial sunsets for the Burbridges. . . . Read more
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