Sentences with phrase «of waste transfer stations»

These days New York's waste from those ubiquitous white garbage collection trucks is dumped onto the floor of waste transfer stations that are typically located in poor neighborhoods, and then loaded onto large trucks for shipment out of New York City.

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo said Tuesday that he had joined forces with a group that opposes the construction of a waste transfer station on the upper East Side — a project that de Blasio supports.

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo has joined forces with a group that opposes the construction of a waste transfer station on the upper East Side — a project that de Blasio supports.

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Six unauthorized dump sites were evacuated in the Accra Metropolis and in addition, the Ministry will acquire and develop material recovery sites such as waste transfer stations and final disposal sites in every region to ensure the sorting and temporary holding of solid waste prior to treatment at the waste processing plants.

NYC's ambitious goal to send zero waste to landfills by 2030 makes two controversial garbage transfer stations — including one on the Upper East Side — unnecessary, and a waste of $ 390 million, a group of pols charged.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer faulted the prevalence of sewer treatment plants, waste transfer stations and depots in poorer communities on long - standing city policy to place them near water.

The state Assembly and Senate approved plans for a waste transfer station in the summer of 2008, even though local politicians voted and spoke out against it, including Assemblywoman Deborah Glick and state Sen. Tom Duane.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn had heralded the restoration of funding for the East 91st Street transfer station and the rest of the waste plan, applauding the city's «commitment to sustainability on a borough level and [having] facilities moving into diverse neighborhoods, just not low - income neighborhoods of color.»

In an interview with the Daily News on Tuesday, Mario Cuomo, 81, pointed out that the E. 91 St. site of the proposed waste transfer station is in a densely populated residential neighborhood and next to Asphalt Green, a popular athletic field.

The waste transfer station was proposed by the Bloomberg administration as part of a plan to change how the city handles its garbage.

Opponents of the hot - button Upper East Side waste transfer station are sending out 80,000 direct mailings on the eve of Tuesday's primary that blasts...

In answering questions from the press, Lhota addressed some of the operational aspects of the City's waste transfer plan, asserting that eliminating the 91st Street station and instead continuing to truck the affected trash to New Jersey would be less expensive and a better outcome.

Lhota appeared at a press conference this morning in front of Asphalt Green, the sports and arts facility immediately adjacent to the planned waste transfer station.

«There are a lot of people that are very positive towards Christine Quinn, but her position on the waste transfer station basically eliminated us from endorsing her,» he said.

«If approved, this proposal [to not fund the new transfer stations] almost exclusively concentrates the burden of handling NYC's solid waste in a handful of low - income communities of color in Brooklyn and the Bronx — yet again,» it said in a press release sent out by the New York Environmental Justice Alliance.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Council member Annabel Palma, the head of the Bronx Council delegation, joined up with other Council members and environmental justice advocates at City Hall today to rail against Mayor Bloomberg's plan to shelve the building of four new waste transfer stations — three Manhattan and one Brooklyn.

In total, Glenwood, which has a rental apartment empire on the Upper East Side and is a vehement opponent of the under - construction East 91st Street waste transfer station, has given the governor over $ 1 million since 2011.

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As it stands now, some 60 percent of the city's waste is taken to transfer stations in Newton Creek (Brooklyn) and Hunts Point in the South Bronx.

Opponents of the hot - button Upper East Side waste transfer station are sending out 80,000 direct mailings on the eve of Tuesday's primary that blasts Democratic mayoral candidates Christine Quinn and Bill de Blasio for their support of the project.

The 12:30 p.m. meeting will be in the conference room of the county's solid - waste transfer station, 3151 E. State Road 44 in DeLand.

Many of the 40 or so gathered at the Volusia County solid waste transfer station spent more than two hours hissing and snarling at each other.And there wasn't even one cat in the room.The county's animal control board workshop Tuesday was supposed to be about finding ways to solve the feral, or wild, cat problem, but all the dirty looks and snide comments that criss - crossed the room made it seem more like a feline version of American Gladiators.One opinion - represented by animal services / control, humane societies, health department workers and citizens - seemed to be that the county's trapping and destroying of feral cats is the most humane way of dealing with the overpopulation.

«Members will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16 in the conference room of the solid waste transfer station on State Road 44 in DeLand.

Surrounded as they are by power plants, a waste - transfer station, and a busy expressway, how do the residents of one Brooklyn neighborhood breathe?

While general counsel at Riverkeeper I was asked by a very well - known environmental lawyer, one who had long - fought alongside us to protect the environment, to support the removal of a waste - transfer station from a new park.

At NYLPI, Eddie organized numerous grassroots coalitions and campaigns, including the Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods (OWN) and Communities United for Responsible Energy (CURE), two citywide coalitions of community - based organizations which blocked the siting of mega-waste transfer stations, large power plants, incinerators and sludge plants in environmentally - burdened, low income communities of color, while changing City and State solid waste and energy policies.

The tipping fee (19), usually expressed in dollars per ton, is the cost of «unloading or dumping solid wastes at a landfill, transfer station, recycling center, waste to energy facility, and other types of facilities.»

Hydrodec recently acquired the business and assets of OSS Group, the UK's largest collector, consolidator and processor of used lubricant oil and seller of processed fuel oil, with a national network of oil storage and transfer stations, currently serviced by a fleet of more than 90 trucks which collect used oil and other garage workshop waste from over 30,000 customers.

Under the deal, Veolia will also take over operation of four existing transfer stations servicing waste collection authorities.