Greater Detroit Resource Recovery

Pretty Orwellian name for what everybody calls the Detroit Incinerator. Built in 1986, it’s like a giant everlasting cigarette that burns garbage and sends nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, lead and other carcinogens into the air. Most unfortunate for my lungs that I happen to live in the same zip code as this monstrosity.
The wafting stench from the Incinerator isn’t as noxious and nostril crinkling this time of the year as in, say July when it can be pervasively repulsive from miles away, but I doubt it’s any healthier to live near it when it’s cold.
Found in violation of numerous environmental violations, the owners of Detroit’s Eternal Garbage Fire signed a deal where within 2 years they’ll retrofit the smokestack with technology to make it less unhealthy and uncomfortable to live near. The giant garbage cigarette is getting a giant filter. They’re also to pay $ 350,000 in damages, which I’m sure is nothing but a slap on the wrist to them.
So maybe in 2 years or so, the Detroit Incinerator might not be so bad. Who knows, it might even bump it up to 2 stars. Friggin godawful thing!