Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization
SIMS Metal has submitted a complete application to renew their large recycling facility permit. Join us on June 21th @ 6pm @ St. Pius Church for a community meeting to discuss these permit details. Public comment will be accepted by email to envcomments@cityofchicago.orgby June 21nd.
The Sun-Times has covered (HERE) PERRO’s and other’s concerns and demand that no pollution permit be issued to Sims Metal because their emissions will add to the already significant pollution impacts being felt in Pilsen and surrounding area.
May 22 2024 SIMS public comments deadline.All written public comments should be submitted to envcomments@cityofchicago.org by May 22, 2024. On April 4, 2024, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) granted an air pollution control (APC) permit to Sims Metal Management (Sims) for installation of air pollution control devices. The APC permit supports the implementation of Sims’s agreed interim order with the Office of the Illinois …
Saturday April 6th 2024
Solar Energy Presentation Saturday January 13, 2024 11:00a.m.-12p.m. Rudy Lozano Library 1807 S. Loomis, Chicago, IL 60608 Homeowners and renters can save money on their electric bill through Illinois Solar for All. Illinois Solar for All is a state program that brings the benefits of solar energy to income- eligible households. Illinois Solar For All is made possible by the …
Data released by the USEPA on the SIMS monitoring system for the period October 2022 through May 2023 document that the SIMS metal shredder consistently increases air pollution in the community. By comparing data from the multiple sensors, we can see that the shredder is a source of harmful PM10 pollution and for the hazardous metal manganese on days of …
The little data that has been released shows that harmful metal particles are being released into the air. Sims Metals has recently sent out another mailer to Pilsen residents claiming that the results from the air monitoring are positive. PERRO begs to differ. In the first place the only data that has been publicly released is for December, January and …
Sims Metal is putting unknown quantities of toxic materials in the air of Pilsen. Sims Metal recently sent fancy mailings to everyone in Pilsen claiming to have been a good neighbor for 30 years. However, there are facts that put this claim in doubt. Sims metal buys scrap metal and shreds it into tiny pieces. This process inevitably puts tiny …
September 30, 2023, PERRO is co-hosting a community resource table with Chicago Safe Soils and EPA Region 5 at the El Paseo Harvest Festival. We will have resources on healthy soil and soil testing.