{"id":156336,"date":"2025-09-14T14:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/156336\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:31:08","slug":"the-end-of-tv-land-illegal-u-p-e-waste-dump-cleaned-up-after-fatal-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/156336\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of \u2018TV Land\u2019: Illegal U.P. e-waste dump cleaned up after fatal fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Illegal U.P. e-waste dump\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LYWGGFS5IVFIBEFMANMVRVB2PE.jpg\" \/>Piles of old televisions and other electronics are heaped on the property of William Harris in Daggett Township in Menominee County, Mich. After years of seeking to stop the unauthorized collection of e-waste at the property, state officials completed a cleanup in the spring of 2025.Courtesy of Michigan EGLE<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"74GU7DE7VJH7NHTUUXI64DL7JY\">MENOMINEE COUNTY, MI &#8211; The black plastic carcasses dwarfed the mobile home behind them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3SCYFOQZKJBYZOJUCT7L7XF63Y\">The remains of boxy cathode-ray tube televisions jumbled with computer monitors, printers and flat screens, forming a mountain almost two stories high. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Piles of old televisions and other electronics are heaped on the property of William Harris in Daggett Township&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-156336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}