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Leanne,
It's not clear what you are asking.
I received the email about 2 weeks ago and I signed
on.
Every morning on my commute to work, I have to pass Carleton
Farms which is the primary destination for this Canadian trash and
sewage.
The place really stinks about half the time you drive
by.
Further, there is a parade of monster trucks carrying the
garbage, with the associated truck/car accidents. Something is really
wrong when garbage is transported a 100 miles across Customs into another
nation.
The place is a major, man made mountain, a large percentage of
which is garbage imported into Michigan from out of State and out of the United
States. In part, this issue was the inspiration for
the following bumper sticker first created under the Engler
administration:
----- Original Message -----
From: Leanne Meyer
To: Enviro-Mich
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: E-M:/ Toronto Trash This email was sent to me and I am wondering if
anyone else has seen it or know anything about it.
Leanne Meyer
Dear Friend,
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>I wanted to let you know about an issue that is very important to me.
In January of 2003, Toronto closed its last landfill, and now sends all of its
trash to landfills around Michigan. Over 6 million cubic yards of trash from
Canada ends up in Michigan landfills each year. Recently, the Toronto city
council approved a contract to ship thousands of tons of raw sewage to Michigan
for disposal.
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>That's why I've joined U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow's fight to stop
Canadian trash now! Under an existing international agreement, the U.S.
government has the power to stop these shipments -- but only if the EPA enforces
the treaty. I've signed an online petition to urge the new EPA Administrator to
begin enforcing the treaty immediately and stop the Canadian trash and sewage
sludge at the border.
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>You can sign the online petition by visiting Senator Stabenow's website
at http://stabenow.senate.gov/stoptrash.
I hope you'll take a moment and join me in this fight to protect our state from
foreign trash and sewage.
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