Garbage hauler withdraws proposal to use Port of Albany as transfer station
Garbage hauler withdraws proposal to use Port of Albany as transfer station
Local politicians and civic groups were opposed, noting Waste Management's would-be facility would be near the struggling South End neighborhood
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Albany South End resident Dominick Calsolaro points at waste bins at the Port of Albany where a trash hauler wanted to transfer household garbage onto semi-trailers.Times Union file photo
ALBANY — Facing a potential backlash from the surrounding South End neighborhood and beyond, Waste Management Co. has withdrawn its application to the state Department of Environmental Conservation to operate a municipal garbage transfer station at the Port of Albany.