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The DSNY is the primary operator of the New York City waste management system. [2] The department's motto. "New York's Strongest", was coined by Harry Nespoli, long-time President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 831, to describe the Department of Sanitation's football team in the late 1970s to early 1980s. [3]
Block Associations and Neighborhood Associations in New York City are non-profit organizations. [1] [2] A block party requires that an applicant must have a block association membership and the supporting signatures of the majority of block residents. [3]
New York City is a hotbed of canning activity largely due to the city's high population density mixed with New York State's container deposit laws. [18] Canning remains a contentious issue in NYC with the canners often facing pushback from the city government, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and other recycling collection companies ...
The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) is a Washington, D.C.–based trade association that represents private waste and recycling companies, as well as manufacturers and distributors of equipment that processes the material, and service providers who serve those businesses. Its nearly 700 members are a mix of publicly traded and ...
From 1991 until its closing it was the only landfill to accept New York City's residential waste. [4] It consists of four mounds that range in height from 90 to about 225 feet (30 to about 70 m) and hold about 150 million short tons (140 × 10 ^ 6 t) of solid waste. The archaeologist Martin Jones characterizes it as "among the largest man-made ...
MRWA Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority formerly known as Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority; MSW Municipal Solid Waste; MSWI Municipal Solid Waste Incineration; MVDA Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association; MWDA Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority as of December 2011 renamed as Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority
A 160-foot 100 kW small wind turbine sits on the north corner of the property, the first commercial-scale turbine in New York City and the city's tallest as of January 2015. [6] [8] It produces about 4% of the facility's power. [6] 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m 2) of rooftop solar panels provides another 20% of daily energy. [6]
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. [4] The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management ...