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The latest video in the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy’s (EGLE) “Talking Trash” series explains how Michigan’s landfills work. This video series explores important waste management strategies such as recycling, composting, landfill and more.
The film features Rhonda Oyer, Manager of the Solid Waste Division of EGLE’s Materials Management Division. “Most people imagine their trash goes into a big hole in the ground and piles up into the sky,” she points out. “However, today’s waste management strategies are very different. Our waste is sent to landfills, which are designed, installed and operated to safely manage and contain our waste.”
The film explains what happens when trash leaves the curb and reaches the landfill, protective barriers at landfills, how landfill gas is handled, how landfills are closed and maintained, and more.
The video also highlights how to “reduce, reuse and repurpose” materials, thereby reducing what is sent to landfill.
Watch the Talking Trash video series and find more details and videos about how landfills work by viewing the EGLE Landfill Story Map.
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