JACKSON COUNTY, MI – A Jackson County landfill will soon be able to hold more waste.

On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to sign a letter endorsing a vertical expansion at the Waste Management landfill on McGill Road. The approval came after the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy initially planned to reject its construction permit.

Waste Management applied for a construction permit in August of 2024 because the landfill only had about one year of capacity left, Drain Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder said. The site is Jackson County’s only Type II landfill, meaning it is a solid waste landfill.

The expansion will connect three currently separate cells of the facility by filling in the service roads between them, creating o

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