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Lindsey Walker, head of recycling outreach and market development for Emmet County's recycling program, points to a pile of crushed glass that will later be picked up and taken to Ohio. From there, it's cleaned and recycled into fiberglass insulation and other products. (Photo: Ellie Katz/IPR News)
IPR News
Northern Michigan looks beyond landfills for better ways to recycle glass
Ellie Katz
Right now, most glass that's put into recycling bins in our region gets used for building roads in landfills. But one place that's found a way to recycle the material hopes to lead the way for others.
Plastic bottles. (Photo: Vivian La/IPR News)
IPR News
From new life to a fiery end: Where does plastic around northern Michigan end up?
Vivian La
The proposed tunnel, roughly four miles long, would be under the Straits of Mackinac not far from the Mackinac Bridge.
Lester Graham
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MI Supreme Court hears Enbridge Line 5 arguments
Rick Pluta
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