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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Video: The business of garbage: The price of profit to residents dealing with the Church Street Waste Transfer Station

February 13, 2023

Do you know where your trash goes after you toss it out? In Evanston, it’s taken to the Advanced Disposal waste transfer station on Church Street. There, the trash is consolidated and taken by bigger...

Birds-eye view of waste transfer station surrounded by houses.

The business of garbage: The price of profit to residents dealing with the Church Street Waste Transfer Station

February 12, 2023

Day in and day out, trucks carry trash past Church Street Village townhouses and trundle up a long driveway to the Church Street Waste Transfer Station. For 29 years, Evanston resident Cindy Levitt...

The planet Earth held in hands on a green background

After years of delay, Evanston moves forward with environmental justice investigation

January 19, 2023

Janet Alexander Davis, an Evanston resident of 80 years, lived much of her life wondering why her neighborhood always seemed to smell.  A few years ago, she discovered the source: the Church Street...

The 2nd Ward. The city hosted its final community meeting regarding the study of the Church Street Waste Transfer Station located in the 2nd and 5th Wards.

Waste Transfer Station study recommends prioritizing formaldehyde and nitric oxide in future work

August 11, 2020

A six-month air quality study recommends prioritizing future work regarding the Church Street Waste Transfer Station around formaldehyde and nitric oxide.  On Tuesday, the city and RHP Risk Management,...

Chief Sustainability and Resiliency Officer Kumar Jensen spoke about the upcoming air quality study on the 5th Ward waste transfer station.

5th Ward residents reflect on impacts of waste transfer station with upcoming air quality study

November 26, 2019

The first night she slept in her new townhouse in Church Street Village, Cindy Levitt woke up to rumbling. Her bedroom was shaking. She thought it was an earthquake. But she soon found out that the rumbling...

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