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A new composting program at the Muskegon Farmers Market has already removed a ton of food waste from local landfills. WGVU’s David Limbaugh spoke with its organizer, Angela Fox, about founding Green Michigan, a Muskegon-based nonprofit providing sustainability education and programming, and how the composting program got its start.

A new composting booth at the Muskegon Farmers Market has already removed a ton of food waste from local landfills and its founder has high hopes for the program

Nearly one year ago, the state legislature passed a massive overhaul of its waste management law. Now, as part of the new policy, the state is asking counties to begin developing "materials management" plans in January.

A group of environmental, political and business leaders in Michigan announced an initiative Monday to invest in recycling infrastructure and eventually…