ELR Citation: ELR 20070
No(s). 2-07-0213 (Ill. App. Ct. Mar 11, 2008)

An Illinois appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that an excavation and demolition company violated the Illinois Environmental Protection Act when it disposed of whole trees in a quarry. In a previous case, the court found that leaves are not "of the same nature as garbage or sludge which...