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#87 RESOURCE RECOVERY
1 Daily we generate vast quantities of all types of
2 resource recoverable materials. Our society must reduce
3 as much solid waste as practical through a wide variety
4 of ways.
5 We specifically support strategies for resource
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Utilization of farm plastic recycling programs such as Clean Sweep.
Recycling programs for agricultural tires and all reusable agricultural material.
Adopt-a-local roadside program.
Michigan Farm Bureau working with universities, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to seek solutions for composting of organic materials including, animal, plant, forest and silvicultural materials and differentiate between agricultural and commercial composters to protect the welfare of residents as well as the integrity of agriculture.
Incentives for the use of biodegradable products, especially those made from renewable agricultural- based products.
Amendments to the bottle law requiring like
containers have a 10-cent deposit.
Land application of properly researched and
approved materials at agronomic rates without additional state or local regulation.
Alternative uses for excess food ranging from food banks to anaerobic digesters.
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32 established Solid Waste Advisory Committees which
33 are required by the Solid Waste Management Act.
34 We oppose the hauling of all waste for disposal,
35 including nuclear and hazardous waste, into Michigan
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We encourage agricultural representation on all
#89 WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES
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We encourage reaffirmation and support of the 2006 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s definition of “Waters of the United States” as limiting the scope of the EPA oversight. Without specific definition of this terminology, the EPA has already tried to expand its oversight to include ‘temporary’ waterways, which include areas as small as wet spots in fields and puddles in driveways. This would reaffirm the limits of power held by the EPA in these matters to navigable waters of the United States.
We urge EPA to include greater farmer input in the