(1) The department shall inform, assist, educate, and provide funding, as provided in this part, to persons to facilitate a reduction in the amount of environmental waste generated in the state. The department shall place a particular emphasis on in-plant pollution prevention.
  (2) The department shall employ personnel and provide staff and services as are necessary to implement this part.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.14502

  • Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Michigan Laws 324.14501
  • Pollution prevention: means all of the following:
  (i) "Source reduction" as defined in 42 USC 13102. See Michigan Laws 324.14501
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o