Gothamist: The Greening of the City

Adam Piontek

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:31:10 -0500

Not everything is easily reduced to "NIMBYism." The proposed marine transfer station is way overboard. While all communities should be responsible for their own waste, one community shouldn't be forced to be responsible for everyone's waste - particularly a community that is already in need of revitalization and integration. Putting such a massive garbage transfer site there would be a slap in the face to the community. A better solution would be for the city to adopt Consumer Union’s “Reaching for Zero” proposal, along with a more distributed waste-disposal strategy that doesn't shunt everything through one neighborhood.

Anomalous

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:26:17 -0500

The city generates a lot of garbage. We need to take care of it, and the 91st St. marine waste transfer station is the best solution offered so far. It is not enough to simply oppose the station at 91st St. --that's just classicy NIMBYism-- another, better, solution must be offered.

Mike

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:34:19 -0500

And then there's the planned E 91st St. garbage dump. Gothamist, can you please help draw some much-needed attention to this issue?