Kadyrbayev said he placed the backpack and fireworks along with trash from the apartment into a large trash bag and threw it into a garbage bin near the men's apartment, according to court papers.

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Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality insists the issue is a tempest in a garbage bag, pointing out that 80% of solid waste going into landfills last year was Michigan's own and that total waste fell by 5% last year.

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