Waste Transfer Station

The Church Street waste transfer station - where garbage is dumped before transfer to a landfill - has for more than 40 years operated in the city's historically Black neighborhood. It makes Evanston no exception to research that points to race and income as the greatest predictors of who lives near operations that generate pollution.

"We know that the waste transfer station creates a difficult situation for the city. But one thing is not difficult. There is no way to suggest that this makes Evanston a better place." - Letter to the editor, Evanston Roundtable, signed by 22 neighbors and environmental justice advocates.