Taking Out the Trash: A New Direction for New York City's Waste by Barbara Warren, M.S. Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods and Consumer Policy Institute/Consumers Union May 31, 2000

About Acknowledgements Executive Summary Report Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D

Consumer Policy Institute Consumers Union 101 Truman Avenue Yonkers, NY 10703-1057 914-378-2000 Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods 115 West 30th Street New York, New York 10001 212-239-8882 The Consumer Policy Institute is a division of Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine. The Institute was established to do research and education on environmental quality, public health and economic justice and other issues of concern to consumers. The Consumer Policy Institute is funded by foundation grants, government contracts, individual donations, and by Consumers Union. The Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods (OWN) is a citywide community-based coalition formed to address the common threat to New York City neighborhoods presented by solid waste transfer stations. OWN's members, over 20 community-based groups from the neighborhoods of Greenpoint /Williamsburg, South Bronx, East N.Y., Red Hook, Sunset Park, Southeast Queens, Washington Heights and Harlem have joined together in an effort to find an equitable and environmentally sound solution to waste handling in New York City. Members: Concerned Homeowners Association East New York United Front El Puente Hispanos Unidos de Greenpoint Hunts Point Awareness Committee Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association MAD-CAP Mothers On the Move (MOMs) Neighbors Against Garbage (NAG) Neighbors United/Columbia St. Waterfront District Nos Quedamos/We Stay Planners Network The Point CDC Red Hook Civic Association Red Hook Groups Against Garbage Stations (GAGS) Southern Queens Park Association Staten Island Citizens for Clean Air United Puerto Ricans Organization of Sunset Park (UPROSE) Watchperson Project West Harlem/Morningside Heights Sanitation Coalition West Harlem Environmental Action (WHE Act) Vinegar Hill Neighborhood Association Advisors: Consumer Policy Institute (CPI)/Consumers Union New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYCEJA) New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) Copyright 2000 by Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. Printed on 100% recycled paper.