New York CIty Council Member Ben Kallos

Marine Transfer Station

<P>I am a resident of the Gracie Point and Yorkville neighborhoods and a member of both <A HREF="http://asphaltgreen.com">Asphalt Green</A> and <A HREF="http://sanetrash.org">Sane Trash Solutions</A>. I have benefited personally from the parks where the City intends to build the Marine Transfer Station, <A HREF="http://kallosforcouncil.com/newsletter/fall-update-2012#healthyny ">losing over 40 pounds</A> by running along the East River Esplanade and through regular exercise as a member of the <A HREF="http://agtri.com">Asphalt Green Triathlon Team</A> so that I am no longer clinically overweight. <A HREF="http://asphaltgreen.com">Asphalt Green</A> provides a healthy and safe recreation for the youth and adults in New York City, even producing Olympians. A residential neighborhood, let alone a fitness center and children's play field is no place for a garbage dump.</P>

Huffington Post In Control Ben Kallos Attacks Out of Control Trash Plan by Matthew Chapman

In Control Ben Kallos Attacks Out of Control Trash Plan
Matthew Chapman

Check out this video of New York City Council Member Benjamin Kallos coolly picking apart an element of Bloomberg's old trash plan that has gone out of control.

The collection and disposal of trash in New York City, but particularly in Manhattan, is achieved through a mixture of poorly regulated private trash vehicles and relatively well-maintained and environmentally sound government ones. Recycling rates are embarrassingly low, 15 percent compared to up to 75 percent in other cities.

Our Town East Siders Rally Against ‘the Dump’ by Daniel Fitzsimmons

East Siders Rally Against ‘the Dump’
Daniel Fitzsimmons

A new report by a group opposing the construction of the waste transfer station on the Upper East Side claims that the city’s comprehensive waste management plan is deeply flawed –the latest salvo in a battle between local residents and a city that’s struggling to adequately deal with the trash it generates.

New York Daily News Manhattan pols trash Upper East Side waste transfer station by Jan Ransom

Manhattan pols trash Upper East Side waste transfer station
Jan Ransom

As Upper East Siders continue their campaign to upend the reopening of the E. 91st St. waste transfer station, the politicians refuse to suggest an alternative site. Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito support the five borough plan.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/pols-trash-talk-leads-article-1.1613973#ixzz2tuMD8Mzr