Robbins Trash Incinerator

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Robbins, IL
60472
United States of America

Latitude: 40.6340370178223

Longitude: -89.3985290527344

Notes

2012: this plant may reopen as biomass/wood burner 2001 State Auditor report indicates October 2000 closure. In 2003, it appeared a trash transfer station was proposed on the site of the closed incinerator.

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Distance (miles)	0	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%	0.9%	1.0%	2.6%
Black	1.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.9%	11.5%
Hispanic	1.5%	1.0%	1.9%	2.4%	4.2%
White	93.8%	95.2%	93.3%	91.9%	77.0%

Population	1,384	1,523	13k	53k	310k
Income	$80k				$68k

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CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Reading Energy	Developer	0%
Foster Wheeler	Operator	0%

PEOPLE

Person		Interest
Jeff Tangel		Active

LINK

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Study Backs Incinerator For Robbins Chicago Tribune, 1990
Village Won't Send Trash To Incinerator In Robbins Chicago Tribune, 1993
Robbins Incinerator Foes Won`t Give Up Chicago Tribune 1990
Robbins incinerator to open // Plant may be area's last trash burner 1996
The Case Against Robbins Incinerator Chicago Tribune, 1990
Dormant Robbins power plant to be redeveloped 2007 article on plan to reopen the incinerator to burn wood

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Unit Information

Power	Type	Status	Fuel
	Burner: Fluidized Bed - Circulating	Closed	Municipal Solid Waste 1200 Tons Per Day

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