West Chicago's Latino residents say they don't want trash from Naperville, Wheaton and other white communities
Lifelong West Chicago resident Julieta Alcántar-Garcia fears her city is on the verge of becoming a dumping ground for neighboring communities across DuPage County.
West Chicago is home to the county's only garbage-transfer station - an in-between location before waste is hauled to a landfill. Earlier this year, city officials gave the green light to add a second facility that would be run by trash hauler LRS and bring 650 tons of solid waste a day and air pollution from hundreds of large garbage and semitrailer trucks weekly to the city of 25,000.
"We've had enough," Alcántar-Garcia said. "We need different types of jobs - something that would help our community grow."
On Thursday, lawyers for Alcántar-Garcia will argue to state officials that the trash facility should be blocked.
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