Editorial: Oneida Nation kills controversial recycling facility

The waste-to-energy plant proposed by the Oneida Seven Generations Corp. appears to be dead for now, until proponents can provide better assurance to the public that it will not adversely affect our health.

The Oneida General Tribal Council on Sunday voted against locating a gasification plant on the reservation in the Outagamie County town of Oneida.

This vote comes after efforts to locate a plant in Ashwaubenon and Green Bay met opposition. The city of Green Bay had invited the tribe to build a plant on city-owned land near the bay but ran into opposition as more people found out about the plant.