NWI residents oppose permit renewal for Tradebe waste management

Northwest Indiana residents on Tuesday attended a public hearing for a Tradebe waste management, majority opposing the company’s permit renewal. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management hosted a meeting at the East Chicago Public Library’s Pastrick Branch. IDEM administers the hazardous waste permit program and related requirements statewide, according to the agency. Tradebe, a Barcelona-based waste management company, has a hazardous waste storage and treatment facility at 4343 Kennedy Ave. in East Chicago. The permit renewal would allow Tradebe to continue to store and treat hazardous wastes in containers and tanks at the facility, according to IDEM. Tradebe is one […]