By MARIANNE HOLLAND Hoosier Environmental Council ELKHART — People in a working-class Elkhart community, who endured 11 years of hazardous fires, constant dust, acrid smoke, and obnoxious odors from the dangerous practices of an industrial waste processor, VIM Recycling, have been awarded $50,568,750 in a class action lawsuit. “This judgment puts into perspective the enormous …read more.

More than 1,700 people in Elkhart will now be represented as part of a class action lawsuit against Soil Solutions Company, VIM Recycling Inc., K.C. Industries LLC, and Kenneth R. Will accused of dumping and processing waste materials in unsafe and negligent ways. The decision to expand the lawsuit, originally filed on behalf of 140 …read more.