Local Action Recommendations : Michigan

  
Locality:Ann Arbor
  
Sector:Waste
  
Local Policy Description:Solid Waste Management

These measures attempt to address methods to reduce the total amount of landfilled materials each year by increasing Ann Arbor’s waste recovery efforts. Waste recovery efforts include: source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting. Expanding waste recovery efforts reduces the associated upstream life cycle GHGs emitted through the acquisition of virgin raw materials and manufacturing.
  
Reference:City of Ann Arbor Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan. Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan. May 2003. http://css.snre.umich.edu/css_doc/CSS03-02.pdf
  

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