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The Department of Sanitation says it is reviewing claims by a community organization that a Brooklyn waste transfer station violates the law or its city contract on a daily basis.…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: City Finding a Just Way to Take Out the Trash

Mayor Bloomberg did a lot to improve how the city’s Department of Sanitation operates. Now, Mayor de Blasio is taking on the other half of our sanitation system, the commercial…

ByAntonio Reynoso 0Comments

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Aug 2016

Uncategorized

City Moves to Zones for Commercial Waste: Key Background

A study commissioned by the Sanitation Department and released this week found that a zoned system, in which companies would bid for all the commercial pick-ups in a particular area,…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

21

Jan 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
City’s Composting Program is a Mandate in Search of a Plan

A former city sanitation commissioner and deputy mayor applauds the city’s ambitious goal to remove compostable waste from the garbage stream—but wants to know more about where that refuse is…

ByNorman Steisel 2Comments

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Nov 2015

Uncategorized

City Aims for Zero Waste, but Inks Long-Term Deal with Upstate Landfill

The $3.3 billion, 20-year plan to send Brooklyn garbage to the Seneca Meadows landfill illustrates the growing costs of burying trash.

ByCole Rosengren 4Comments

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Oct 2015

Uncategorized

City’s Reforms to Private Waste-Hauling Hit Delays

A highly anticipated city study of commercial waste collection has been delayed, putting off any decision about a new franchise zoning system and ensuring that the fight over the industry’s…

ByCole Rosengren 1Comment

22

Jun 2015

Opinion

NYC Must Act to Meet its Trash Challenge

Many New Yorkers don’t know what happens to that coffee cup after they throw it away, but the ugly truth is slowly being revealed.

ByJarrett Murphy 6Comments

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May 2015

Uncategorized

Landfill Legacies in New York City

A multimedia look at the past, present and future of waste in New York City.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2015

Investigations

To Meet Waste Goals, NYC Needs to Scrap How it Thinks About Garbage

The scene at the former Fresh Kills landfill, of beautiful scenery built about decades of bad trash policy, gives reason for optimism that the city will find a way to…

ByCole Rosengren 5Comments

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May 2015

Investigations

Life Near a Landfill: The Towns and People Who End Up with NYC Trash

From upstate Seneca County to the banks of the Delaware River, people who live near landfills and trash-burning energy plants are parsing Mayor de Blasio’s “zero waste” pledge—and taking action…

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

Report Calls for City Crackdown on Trash Processing Facility

CityViews: City Finding a Just Way to Take Out the Trash

City Moves to Zones for Commercial Waste: Key Background

CityViews:
City’s Composting Program is a Mandate in Search of a Plan

City Aims for Zero Waste, but Inks Long-Term Deal with Upstate Landfill

City’s Reforms to Private Waste-Hauling Hit Delays

NYC Must Act to Meet its Trash Challenge

Landfill Legacies in New York City

To Meet Waste Goals, NYC Needs to Scrap How it Thinks About Garbage

Life Near a Landfill: The Towns and People Who End Up with NYC Trash

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