Milliken's Bottle Bill but one of governor's forward-looking environmental policies

Former governor William Milliken, a Traverse City resident, is profiled in this look back from the Detroit Free Press, which notes his environmentalist policies.

Excerpt: In the mid-1970s, then-Gov. William G. Milliken was trying to convince his staffers to push for a deposit on bottles and cans as a way to curb litter.

So he had them walk a mile of freeway outside of Lansing bagging the bottles and cans they found.

To read the whole profile, go here.

Source: The Detroit Free Press
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