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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Environment - Controversial Lake County medical waste plants are up for approval

"Controversial medical waste plants are up for approval" is the headline to this story today in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes from the story by Andy Grimm:

Local solid waste authorities will cast a final vote on whether the state’s first two medical waste processing plants should be located in Lake County.

The Lake County Solid Waste Management District board will vote tonight on approval for medical waste plants in Gary and East Chicago that have drawn protest from a coalition of residents. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Lake County Government Center auditorium.

The board voted 18-3 in October that there was no need for the facilities, which each would steam sterilize medical waste ranging from old documents to biological hazards. * * *

A coalition of church groups in the two cities, which have predominantly black and Hispanic residents, have said the attempts to locate the plants in the communities is “environmental racism.”

Abrade and Midwest officials both have said they chose the sites because they are located near major highways.

For more, see this 10/22/05 ILB entry and this one from 8/20/05. Locate more by typing "medical waste" in the search box.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 15, 2005 08:46 AM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions