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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Health
Brett Chase

Final public meeting on Southeast Side metal shredder set for next month

The relocation of the General Iron scrap metal operation to the Southeast Side has spurred many protests over the last two years. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

The final public meeting to discuss the health impacts of opening a car-shredding operation on the already polluted Southeast Side will be held Feb. 15.

A virtual town hall will be held online that evening from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Register here to attend. It will be the third and final meeting before Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration determines whether to grant an operating permit to Southside Recycling, a rebranded and relocated business formerly known as General Iron in Lincoln Park.

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