2003 is Bumper Year for Imported Canadian Garbage

(Lansing, Michigan) The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued the statistics on importation of Canadian garbage during 2003.

. . . Canadian waste sent to Michigan went up to 9.4 million cubic yards in fiscal 2003, from 6.6 million cubic yards in 2002, the DEQ report said.

This represents a 43 percent increase in volume.