Chicago City Council passes ordinance to improve cleanliness and reduce pollution

During the committee today, Alds. Cardona, Sposato, Ramirez-Rosa, Taylor, Villegas, Gardiner, Reilly, Sigcho-Lopez and Napolitano wrote a paper addressing the fact that Chicago is not the cleanest city.

The passed paper included detailed topics on convention establishment, speakers, environmentally beneficial inventions, pollutionโ€™s effect on Chicagoans, funding, revenue, pest control, cleaning patrol and pricing.

Alds. Ramirez-Rosa, Cardona, Taylor and Sposato started the green convention and were supported by every delegate besides one. “We are establishing a green convention that will take place at McCormick Place where issues such as environment and city cleanliness will be discussed,” Ramirez-Rosa stated in an interview.

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