Tag Archives: recycling
Public housing tenants team up against waste
Posted on 07. Dec, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen.
They say they have to because officials aren’t following through Mott Haven Houses’ resident Brigitte Vincenty doesn’t want to go all the way into Manhattan to make sure her trash gets recycled. So she and her neighbors are taking on the challenge of recycling their community’s trash, which they say the New York City Housing [...]
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From the editor: Say no to an incinerator
Posted on 21. Aug, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
Twelve years ago, a huge crane pried the stacks off the South Bronx Medical Waste Incinerator on the eastern end of 138th Street where it meets the East River. Hundreds of Bronxites who had protested that it was poisoning the air they breathed cheered as the last incinerator in New York City was dismantled. Now [...]
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Cooking grease stirs debate in Port Morris
Posted on 22. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
A proposal that clean air advocates say will cut air pollution nationally has some Port Morris residents saying “Maybe so, but what about our air?”
They expressed concern about a proposal to store used cooking oil in a former garage on East 140th Street at a public forum in January.
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New jobs coming to Port Morris
Posted on 11. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Two dozen new “green” jobs are on the way to Port Morris, between now and the end of 2012, most of which will be reserved for low-income residents to fill. Parallel Products, Inc., a facility on E. 138th St. that recycles aluminum, plastic and glass containers, will expand its operations, thanks to nearly $400,000 in [...]
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In the news, August 15-21
Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
St.Luke’s School on E. 139th St. near the corner of Cypress Ave will be celebrating its 100th year Anniversary on October 2nd. Alumni from around the country will be attending, to participate in school tours, along with a mass and evening event at Eastwood Manor. Those interested in attending are asked to rsvp by accessing [...]
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Mott Haven flunks Recycling 101
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Sergey Kadinsky.
Housing Authority facilities make recycling difficult Glass, metals, apple cores: It’s all the same to Mott Haven residents, according to a report published in the Daily News on Oct. 4. Citing confusion and lack of space for recycling, the report, based on Sanitation Department figures, pegs the recycling rate for Mott Haven, Port Morris, and [...]
