Materials Management Resources

New EGLE Educational Solid Waste Resources

• How Landfills Work Story Map
• Cross Section of a Landfill Poster and Glossary (11 x 17)
• Cross Section of a Landfill (without Glossary or Numbers) (11 x 17)
• Sustainable Materials Management Hierarchy
• Food Waste Recovery Hierarchy
• Drug Take Back Map and Map Tutorial
• Home Composting: Reap a Heap of Benefits
• YouTube Videos:
  • An Alternative to Waste:  A Deconstruction Story
  • Career Series Composting Video
  • Hazardous Waste 101
  • EGLE Classroom:  Open Burning
  • EGLE Classroom:  Recycling
  • EGLE Classroom:  Composting
  • EGLE Classroom:  Drug Disposal

EGLE MMD Program Staff maps:

• Solid Waste
• Hazardous Waste
• Scrap Tires
• Recycling

EGLE Recycling Grant Funding

• 2023 Infrastructure and Community Education Grants (Infrastructure grants close May 19, 2023 and education grants are available until available funding is exhausted)
• Next Cycle Michigan Market Development Funding

Key Web Pages

• Michigan.gov/MMD
• Michigan.gov/SolidWaste
• Michigan.gov/FoodWaste
• Michigan.gov/EGLECompost 
• Michigan.gov/EGLEMMP
• Michigan.gov/EGLEHHW 
• Michigan.gov/ScrapTires
• Michigan.gov/EGLERecycling
• Mega Data Project
• Michigan.gov/MIRecycles  
• Michigan.gov/HazardousWaste
• EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program

Recent Law Changes

The Part 115 law changes passed in December 2022 reimagine how Michigan looks at waste and recycling. They change Michigan’s focus from purely managing solid waste to managing materials and finding opportunities to divert resources from landfill disposal to reuse and recycling. The bills passed and signed into law include: 

• House Bill 4454 revises solid waste definitions A to G, including setting benchmark recycling standards. HB 4454 was sponsored by Rep. Gary Howell, R-North Branch. 
• House Bill 4455 revises solid waste definitions H to Z and sets forth general provisions. HB 4455 was sponsored by Rep. Sara Cambensy, D-Marquette.  
• House Bill 4456 revises the regulation of solid waste, disposal areas and waste diversion centers. HB 4456 was sponsored by Rep. Bill Sowerby, D-Clinton Township. 
• House Bill 4457 revises solid waste financial assurance provisions. HB 4457 was sponsored by Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor.  
• House Bill 4458 revises solid waste incinerator and enforcement provisions. HB 4458 was sponsored by Rep. Jack O’Malley, R-Lake Ann.  
• House Bill 4459 revises solid waste beneficial use by-products. HB 4459 was sponsored by Rep. David Martin, R-Davison.  
• House Bill 4460 revises regulation of solid waste materials utilization facilities. HB 4460 was sponsored by Rep. Scott VanSingel, R-Grant, and a copy can be found here. 
• House Bill 4461 revises solid waste materials management planning. HB 4461 was sponsored by Rep. Joe Tate, D-Detroit.