Posted4/6/2021 5:27 AM
Following citizen complaints and news reports about the quality of Des Plaines new rolling garbage cans, city officials on Monday said they want to investigate the problems. The complete truth is, the garbage cans we have now are not as good as the ones we used to have, 6th Ward Alderman Malcolm Chester told the city council during its scheduled virtual meeting. Maybe we need to take a longer look at this.
The blue cans arrived in February as Morton Grove-based Lakeshore Recycling Systems prepared to take over as the city s garbage contractor. Some 33,000 cans for garbage and recyclable materials were delivered to about 16,500 customers.
Updated 12/21/2020 7:09 AM
Opposition to a second waste transfer station on Powis Road in West Chicago is growing from both residents of the city and officials in neighboring St. Charles.
Those objections, however, could be premature. As West Chicago City Administrator Michael Guttman points out, Lakeshore Recycling Systems has yet to submit its anticipated application for a station at the 27.8-acre facility.
In fact, it s been 20 months since West Chicago approved a basic host community benefit agreement with Lakeshore that detailed the economic perks for the city if Lakeshore receives approval to expand its operations by adding a waste transfer station.