LANSING, Mich. - The amount of Canadian trash going to Michigan landfills has declined for a second consecutive year.
A Michigan Department of Environmental Quality report posted Friday says Canada sent about two per cent less trash to state landfills in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
Canadian trash coming into Michigan has dropped more than 11 per cent since peaking in fiscal 2006.
Canada still dumps more trash in Michigan landfills than all importing states combined.
A 2006 deal calls for Canadian municipal trash sent to Michigan to be phased out by 2010, but the agreement doesn't cover industrial and commercial garbage.
Total waste disposal in Michigan landfills declined by about two per cent last fiscal year. Overall imports from other states increased slightly.
