15 Sep
Proposed Marine Transfer Stations - New York City
Inside New York City’s 58 waste transfer stations (WTS), waste collection vehicles transfer their loads to tractor-trailers, railcars, or barges for export. Because WTS are not evenly distributed throughout the City and because most WTS use tractor-trailers for export, disposing of NYC’s waste generates unnecessary truck traffic. By building WTS in closer proximity to collection routes and exporting waste by barge or rail rather than tractor-trailer, the City’s Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) will reduce truck traffic by over 50 million miles annually (a single barge can handle as much cargo as 58 tractor-trailers). When fully implemented, the SWMP will improve the City’s air quality, cut carbon emissions, reduce traffic congestion, and trim maintenance costs for our roads and bridges.
13 Sep
Waste Transfer Stations - New York City
The South Bronx and the Newtown Creek area of Brooklyn & Queens host a combined 32 waste transfer stations (WTS). Collectively these WTS handle over 60% of all waste moving through WTS in NYC. The opening of marine transfer stations (which export waste via barge) in closer proximity to collection vehicle routes will help alleviate waste related environmental impacts in these neighborhoods, which are already inundated by more than their fair share of the City’s noxious infrastructure.
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