Robbins Resource Recovery Facility

Address

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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Environmental Justice Analysis

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%
	77.0%
Population	1,384	1,523	13k	53k	310k
Income	$80k				$68k

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GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
South Cook County Environmental Action Coalition		Interested
South Suburban Citizens Opposed to Polluting our Environment		Interested

CORPORATION

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

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
Incinerator Proves to Be a Pot of Sludge at End of the Rainbow 4/19/1998 "Months before the plant opened, environmental groups prodded Illinois lawmakers to repeal a generous tax subsidy for incinerators like it. Without that, [] Foster Wheeler Corp., has been unable to turn a profit"

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Unit Type: Burner: Fluidized Bed - Circulating

Status History

Closed	10-2000
Operating	1996
Proposed	1990

Fuels and Products

Municipal Solid Waste

1200 Tons Per Day

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