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Residents for Sane Trash Solutions

Taking on Our Fair Share of the City's Waste Burden

Melissa Mark-Viverito | Posted 09.18.2012 | New York
Read More: Yorkville, Waste, Government Waste, Upper East Side, Marine Transfer Station, 91st Street, Reducing Waste, Waste Management, Nyc Trash, Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, New York News
Melissa Mark-Viverito

Our trash does not magically disappear overnight -- it has to go somewhere. Residents for Sane Trash Solutions should join the rest of us in taking on their fair share of the city's waste burden.

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Rally Held at City Hall to "Dump the Dump"

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.18.2012 | New York
Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, Asphalt Green, Jessica Lappin, Garbage Marine Transfer Station, East Harlem, Asthma, Environment, Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, New York Trash Plant, New York Trash, New York News
Marcia G. Yerman

Why the rally? Because this year the city has plans to demolish the East 91st Street Garbage Station, which has been closed for years, in order to build a 10-story Garbage Marine Transfer Station on the same site.

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A Trashy Political Idea

Tom Allon | Posted 07.15.2012 | New York
Read More: Nyc Dump, New York City Trash, Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, Nyc Trash, New York Trash, Sane Trash Solutions, Fresh Kills, New York News
Tom Allon

Spreading the trash problem around the five boroughs is a wise goal. Siting marine transfer stations in residential neighborhoods where many children congregate is awful public policy.

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One Step Backwards, One Step Forward

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.06.2012 | Green
Read More: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Sen. James Inhofe, Marine Transfer Station, Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, Epa, Eric Schneiderman, Residents for Sane Trash Solutions, Green Activism, Congressional Review Act, Carolyn Maloney, Liz Kruger, Clean Air Nyc, Asthma, Nyc Clean Air, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York and ten other states with the mission of compelling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue new regulations on soot pollution.

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