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August 23, 2005
Chicago Tour Showcases Garbage
CHICAGOSmelly sludge sewage fields and landfills aren't the usual stuff of tours in a city that likes to show off its architecture and lakefront parks.
But people are paying $7 to see some of Chicago's less desirable spots on a "Down in the Dumps" tour of more than a dozen garbage sites including a waste water treatment plant, recycling center and landfills.
The nearly three-hour bus tour of the far South Side — where landfills rise up like rolling hills — is a chance for residents, environmentalists and visitors to learn more about what happens to garbage once it leaves their trash cans.
"We see it, we smell and we wanted to know what all this is," said Bill Serckie, who took the tour on a recent weekend with his wife, Patty.
The couple has lived for 18 years near the garbage-filled landfills that dot the area along Interstate 94 near the Illinois-Indiana border, but like many of the 30 other tour-goers had never driven down the potholed back roads to see them up close.
"The tour makes you want to be more involved in the community and know what's going on," Serckie said.
You'd be amazed how many people don't know or care where the trash goes once it leaves their house. It's really selfish if you think about it, but then again that pretty much sums up our culture. This is an interesting project and it would be a very valuable learning tools for children to understand how their actions affect the overall environment and the world around them.
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Posted by Daffodil at August 23, 2005 10:02 AM
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