Residents condemn trash firm's wetland deal

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Waste Management agreed to buy 445 acres of wetland on Lake St. Clair for the state in exchange for 30 acres south of its landfill. Residents want Michigan to conserve area in the same watershed as land bought by Waste Management.

Dorothy Bourdet / The Detroit News
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2006

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Steve Pryslak and his dog, Snoopy, take in the sights and smells of Woodland Meadows Landfill daily on their walks along Hannan Road.

But the view is likely to change now that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has granted a permit to Waste Management that will allow the company to use 30 acres of wetland on the south side of the site for its landfill. .Read more