Letter to the Editor
Support a Volume-Based Residential Waste Hauling Program in La Grange
A letter to the editor on La Grange's refuse prospects.
The Village of La Grange is considering its options for waste removal, as its current waste hauling contract will expire soon. The making, transporting, and storing of garbage creates long-term environmental problems. Therefore, waste hauling programs should charge increasingly higher fees to those who produce more garbage. Making the products and packaging we use and discard every day consumes a great deal of energy and creates pollution. Extracting the raw materials for our stuff pollutes our air, land and water. Drilling for oil is an energy-intensive process that pollutes vital resources. Obtaining natural gas, which is used in the production of some plastics, now commonly involves hydrofracturing, or “fracking,” a process of …
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