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ALBANY Facing a potential backlash from the surrounding South End neighborhood and beyond, Waste Management Co. has withdrawn its application to the state Department of Environmental Conservation to operate a municipal garbage transfer station at the Port of Albany.
Garbage hauler wants to use Port of Albany, South End residents worried
Waste Management wants to transfer household garbage at facility there
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Dominick Calsolaro points to Waste Management garbage bins at the Port of Albany on Friday, April 30, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. He opposes a proposal by Waste Management to accept household municipal waste at its transfer station 100 Boat Street at the Port of Albany, a large enclosed building, which is not pictured, where the company is currently allowed to handle 749 tons of construction and demolition debris, dry commercial waste and recyclables each day. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)(Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
Letter: Green Amendment must be passed
to the editor
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FILE. Letter writer says, New York has for far too long allowed corporations and businesses to greedily pollute our air, water and land in the name of corporate profits. Meanwhile, the residents of New York have paid the price with deleterious effects on their health and safety. (Getty Images)Stocktrek
The headline “Deciding to come clean: Green Amendment will give New York voters the chance to improve health of the state, March 21, pretty much says it all. New York has for far too long allowed corporations and businesses to greedily pollute our air, water and land in the name of corporate profits. Meanwhile, the residents of New York have paid the price with deleterious effects on their health and safety.