The Brookhaven Landfill is on track to stop accepting construction debris next year. Despite local objections, the facility plans to continue some of its operations.
Like almost 80 percent of other landfills and garbage incinerators in the United States, the Brookhaven Landfill was placed near a low-income community of. #environmentalracism #LongIsland #racism
As states weigh trash-to-energy facilities, neighborhoods in Long Island and Brooklyn, New York, have learned from each other to fight for environmental justice with solutions to a growing organic waste management problem. The strategy in New Haven, Connecticut, is reducing trash that ends up in landfills and incinerators.
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Organic growth: Grassroots efforts promote food-scrap composting on LI newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.