Joshua Lewis, hunger striker (center), with Sierra Club Executive Committee member and Bloomington resident Lois Norrgard (left) and her sister at the Hennepin County Board meeting on April 21.
Ask your Hennepin County Commissioner to set a closure date for the HERC Trash Burner and make zero waste a real possibility in Hennepin County.
What happens to our trash is a local choice. The HERC Trash Burner is publicly owned. It burns trash from across the County but pollutes in a predominantly poor, black and brown community. This is the definition of environmental racism. Learn more about the issue at: https://www.zeroburncoalition.org/
Hennepin County Board Members are the final decision makers here – and they are elected by us. They need to hear from their constituents to back up what folks on the front lines have been saying. Set a shut down date and move the County to Zero Waste.
