A West Chicago letter to the editor: As chair of the local Sierra Club, I am following the waste transfer station issue in West Chicago. Members of our executive committee met with concerned citizens from local groups discussing this topic.
As chair of the local Sierra Club, I am following the waste transfer station issue in West Chicago. Members of our executive committee met with concerned citizens from local groups discussing this topic.
This plan is not for a landfill or waste dump. It is an expansion of existing services on the property they now own and are doing recycling of materials such as construction waste. LRS now wants to add household garbage to their services. This waste transfer station will make it possible for the collection vehicles to travel less distance on roads, decreasing their particulate emissions and fossil fuel usage, two concerns for air quality.
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