PILSEN — In light of the company Pure Metal Recycling building a metal shredder near Benito Juarez Community Academy, environmental group PERRO will host a public forum on the potential hazards of such operations.
The meeting will feature residents from Elkhart, Indiana who fought for three years to shut down the metal shredder in their community, according to a PERRO press release. Several Elkhart residents will be present at the meeting to talk about explosions, noise and pollution that the metal shredder created in Elkhart.
The meeting is open to the public and will be held at Casa Michoacán, 1638 S. Blue Island Ave., Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. RSVP on PERRO's Facebook page here.
Supporters of the shredder have said that Pure Metal's operations are not environmentally dangerous and will provide dozens of needed jobs to the neighborhood. With the support of Ald. Juan Solis (25th), the company won city approval in February.
Pure Metal executives have said their shredder will be indoors to reduce pollution.
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