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On October 1, 2025, Rex LaMore, Ph.D., director of the Michigan State University, Center for Community and Economic Development , provided expert testimony  alongside Samantha Truesdell, sustainability director at Whirlpool, before the Michigan House of Representatives, Natural Resources and Tourism Committee on “Transitioning Michigan to a Circular Economy”.  They advocated for circular economics, which aims to keep materials and products in circulation for as long as possible. The model reduces material use, redesigns materials and products to be less-resource intensive, and recaptures waste to manufacture new materials and products.

Press release: Academia and Industry Partner Testify on the Importance of Circular Economics at Michigan’s Capitol