{"id":10736,"date":"2022-03-23T16:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T21:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=10736"},"modified":"2023-04-06T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:45:20","slug":"latino-west-chicago-desarrollo-de-residuos-medioambientales-reaccion-de-la-comunidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/03\/23\/latino-west-chicago-environmental-waste-development-community-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"La creciente lucha por un vertedero en el oeste de Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d11600022bf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driving down the busy corridor of North Avenue in West Chicago, you can\u2019t miss the smell of garbage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority-Latino suburb just 30 miles outside of the Chicago city limits is home to the DuKane transfer station at the intersection of IL-64 and Powis Road, where municipal garbage trucks offload their daily collections that will eventually be moved to a landfill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run by Groot Industries, this facility is the only waste transfer station in DuPage County. It processes an estimated 1,500 tons of garbage daily from West Chicago, Streamwood, Bartlett and other surrounding communities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d11600039ad\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1160004586\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1160004c68\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that may soon change with the proposed construction of a second waste transfer facility just a half-mile down the road. Waste hauler LRS, also known as Lakeshore Recycling Systems, plans to expand its operations at 1655 Powis Road to also accept municipal waste. The company, which is headquartered in Morton Grove, currently only recycles construction and demolition debris at this site. Though the proposal has not yet been filed with the city, it has drawn criticism from residents who are concerned about its environmental impact, like increased air pollution, and effects on property values.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe already have a waste transfer station. Why do we need another one?\u201d asked Julieta Alc\u00e1ntar-Garc\u00eda last December. Alc\u00e1ntar-Garc\u00eda, a lifelong resident of West Chicago, was speaking at a forum hosted by Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, a workers\u2019 rights group where she works as a community health liaison. As a Mexican American living in the majority-Latino city with a history of radioactive dumping, she sees the construction of a second waste transfer station, one mile from residential areas, as an instance of environmental racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><div id=\"fws_69d116000681b\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-5697\" class=\"post-5697 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-staff-pick category-visuals tag-reclaiming\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/06\/reclaiming-the-sacrifice-zone-stop-general-iron-environmental-justice\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/BORDERLESSBOOK_-English___RGB_1_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"environmental, justice, immigrants, Chicago, youth, racism, Southeast, General, Iron, jobs, clean, health, comic\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/06\/reclaiming-the-sacrifice-zone-stop-general-iron-environmental-justice\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Reclaiming the Sacrifice Zone<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/maria-maynez\/\" title=\"View all posts by Maria Maynez\">Maria Maynez<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/06\/reclaiming-the-sacrifice-zone-stop-general-iron-environmental-justice\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">mayo 6, 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Chicago, Latino neighborhoods are the hardest hit by pollution, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2022\/01\/25\/new-map-shows-pollution-near-your-kids-school-and-confirms-latino-neighborhoods-are-hit-the-hardest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to a recent study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from University of Illinois Chicago, which also mapped the prevalence of pollution sources, such as large-scale facilities and brownfield sites, in these communities. The city recently received national attention for environmental racism in Black and Latino neighborhoods after community members on the Southeast Side successfully stopped the opening of a new scrap metal operation by Southside Recycling, formerly General Iron. Latino organizers say that the same patterns of environmental racism that exist in the city can be seen in the nearby suburbs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outsiders see Mexican immigrants as less informed and engaged, Alc\u00e1ntar-Garc\u00eda said, and companies assume they can come in and do whatever they want. \u201cThe Latino community in West Chicago has always been kept without information,\u201d she said, adding that lack of information in Spanish contributes to the problem. \u201cIt\u2019s all because they think West Chicago is a little town. Their excuse is \u2018Oh we want to give it an economic boom.\u2019 But we don&#8217;t want that kind of economic boom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alc\u00e1ntar-Garc\u00eda wants to inform residents about LRS\u2019 expansion now, so when public hearings are scheduled, the community is informed and ready to voice their opinions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d116000ab6b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220322_WestChicago_web-4.jpg\" alt=\"A Groot garbage trucks pulls out of the waste transfer facility\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">The DuKane waste transfer station in West Chicago, Ill., March 16, 2022. It is run by Groot Industries and is currently the only transfer station in DuPage County; however, construction of a second waste transfer facility in the same city will soon be proposed. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Michelle Kanaar\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d116000b971\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential benefits of the waste transfer facility include tax revenues for the city, which are estimated between $650,000 and $1.65 million annually. The increased operations would also add 10 new long-term positions to the current on-site staff of 175, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/APTIM-Review.pdf\">a review of the draft proposal that Borderless Magazine obtained.<\/a> LRS\u2019 primary argument for the expansion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is that another waste transfer facility in DuPage County will promote competition and potentially reduce residential waste collection prices. Representatives from LRS and city officials declined to comment until the company files an official proposal for the waste transfer facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, the coming proposal has become the latest flashpoint in community debates over the use of land and whether investments truly benefit those who live there. Decades ago, West Chicago residents successfully prevented construction of a proposed speed-racing track, arguing that it would create harmful noise and air pollution<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And many residents are still haunted by the impact of the Kerr-McGee factory, which for 40 years dumped radioactive materials around town. The city is still home to two superfund sites related to this toxic waste, and the old factory site still requires groundwater remediation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d116000c6d1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220322_WestChicago-1.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Immigrant Solidarity DuPage march in the street with banners that say P.O.D.E.R on a rainy day\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Immigrant Solidarity DuPage organized the People Opposing DuPage Environmental Racism committee, or P.O.D.E.R., and marched during the Mexican Independence Day parade in West Chicago, Ill., September 2013. They called for restorative justice after Kerr-McGee dumped radioactive materials around West Chicago, including in a mound known as \u201cMount Thorium.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Photo by Rafael Vieyra\/Immigrant Solidarity DuPage<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d116000d3ee\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to environmental issues, community members are worried about the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lack of transparency in the proposed West Chicago project. West Chicago\u2019s City Council, which will decide on the proposal, has discussed LRS\u2019 expansion for almost two years, but opponents to the project said little information has been publicly released.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll these things are happening between the applicant and city, including expenditure of tax dollars, but it\u2019s hard to see what\u2019s going on,\u201d said Nick Dzierzanowski, who served as an alderman in West Chicago between 2003 and 2013.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March 2020, Dzierzanowski launched <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/protectwestchicago.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protect West Chicago<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a campaign to oppose the expansion. He argues it is not fair for the city to bear the burden of two waste transfer stations when neighboring communities have none. It has grown into a coalition of concerned individuals and businesses, which Dzierzanowski said have collectively sent over 1,400 emails opposing the development to city leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dzierzanowski has waged an ongoing battle against attempts to build what he calls \u201cnuisance businesses\u201d along city borders, which he said damages the town\u2019s reputation. Among these was another waste transfer station proposed in the early 2000s on a site just north of the city border. The DuPage County Board ultimately rejected the proposal, saying that Groot\u2019s waste transfer station was not operating at full capacity and thus a second station was unnecessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d116000e37e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220322_WestChicago_web-5.jpg\" alt=\"A Groot garbage trucks pulls out of the waste transfer facility as another pulls in\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">The DuKane waste transfer station in West Chicago, Ill., March 16, 2022. It is run by Groot Industries and is currently the only transfer station in DuPage County; however, construction of a second waste transfer facility in the same city will soon be proposed. Michelle Kanaar\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Michelle Kanaar\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d116000f05b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, Groot\u2019s facility still receives well below the permitted 3,000 tons per day,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> causing many residents to question why they need another waste transfer station. The city is not required to do any environmental reviews before approving the proposal, and civilian efforts to receive more information have so far been unsuccessful. In early 2020, Protect West Chicago filed FOIA requests to the city to release all documents regarding LRS\u2019 intended expansion, and later a complaint when some requests were denied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents also say that the city also has not supported efforts to inform community members and hold public discussions about the project. \u201cThe city has been very quiet,\u201d said Josh Ebener, a pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, whose congregation is about 65% Latino. \u201cAt the outset, why didn\u2019t they lift this up and say, \u2018Let\u2019s have a conversation?\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, Ebener understands the situation as a conflict between two companies. In the early 2000s, Groot donated more than $220,000 to the community group 4 the People, which campaigned against the earlier proposed station.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s complicated,\u201d he said. \u201cThere may be environmental concerns, but it seems there are also competing financial interests.\u201d Members of Protect West Chicago refused to disclose whether or not the group has received any funding from Groot. The company did not respond to requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents have been left to glean information largely from a review of LRS\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/APTIM-Review.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">draft proposal<\/a>, which was not made public until a DuPage County circuit court judge ordered the release of documents pertaining to LRS\u2019 intended expansion. The review, by the consulting company APTIM, notes that LRS currently recycles between 600 and 1,250 tons per day of construction and demolition debris. It plans to accept an additional daily average of 900 tons of municipal solid waste, hydro excavation waste and single-stream recycling from its service areas, which include neighboring St. Charles, Geneva and Wheaton. The review also addressed environmental issues that may arise due to an insufficient stormwater management plan.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In written comments included in the review, LRS dismissed APTIM\u2019s suggestion to demonstrate adequate stormwater design features.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1160010096\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/220322_WestChicago_web-6.jpg\" alt=\"Lakeshore Recycling Systems white building with trucks pulled in\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Waste hauler LRS, or Lakeshore Recycling Systems, in West Chicago, Ill., March 16, 2022. LRS plans to expand its operations at 1655 Powis Road to also accept municipal waste. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Michelle Kanaar\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1160010d2d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LRS\u2019 collection trucks currently conduct municipal waste transfer at a station in suburban Batavia that is owned by another company. Having its own waste transfer station at its West Chicago site would consolidate larger hauls and cut out extra driving, said Brett Bartosik, president of the union that represents the company\u2019s truck drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This streamlined process can also lead to a reduction in overall vehicle emissions and is a common reason why many communities opt to build such facilities, according to Richard Klein, whose Maryland-based firm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ceds.org\/landfill-3\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community &amp; Environmental Defense Services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helps communities with development-related concerns. Klein said one potential risk to communities housing these stations is that more incoming diesel traffic would increase airborne particulate matter. But he added that the likelihood of adverse effects can be reduced when waste transferring occurs indoors with good pollution filters and noise control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LRS is expected to submit its proposal this spring, after which the city of West Chicago will schedule at least one public hearing and allow community input<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Should the City Council approve the proposal, it would move to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for environmental permitting. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, Connie Schmidt, chair of the DuPage chapter of the Sierra Club, wants an air-quality assessment that would determine current levels of particulate matter and potential harm from an increase in truck traffic. \u201cThe citizens of West Chicago deserve a transparent process from companies that are going in and possibly impacting their quality of life,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigrant Solidarity DuPage\u2019s Alc\u00e1ntar-Garc\u00eda agrees on the need for transparency.\u00a0 One of the things she has learned during the pandemic as a community health liaison is that people respond to accurate information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you come out to [the community] with information, official information &#8230; if you can say, \u2018Here&#8217;s a statistic,\u2019 they will understand,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s what our municipal government fails to do \u2014 come out to the community, talk to them, and even listen to their concerns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clarification 3\/23\/22: This story has been updated to clarify that numbers for the proposed waste station&#8217;s staffing come from a review of the draft proposal.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d1160011df3\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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