摘要: Focuses on the garbage problem in New York City as of September 2002. Information on the Fresh Kills landfill; States whose local governments agreed to receive garbage from New York City; Environmental problems at landfill sites; Importance of reducing and recycling products and materials....
NEW YORK-- New York City is throwing millions of dollars at itsrodent problem-- from studies on the best ways to store trash, to a rat czar appointed last year. So why are rodent-related complaints staying stubbornly high? CBS News New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas' journey to ...
Looks at the garbage problem in New York City, New York. Low recycling rate; Mayor Rudy Giuliani's plan to reduce garbage pickups; Amount of trash produced by an average resident; Lack of sanitation-enforcement police; Need for more material-recycling facility; Ocean dumping of sewage sludge;...
Howbad is New York's trash nightmare? So bad that, back in 2013,officials __(1)___ their best to control the growing rat population.Raised on New Yorkers' __(2)___ and putrefying(腐烂的)leavings, the rats knew they had ___(3)___ options available to them.For the most part,...
BOSTON - Boston is taking new steps to deal with the city's rat problem by installing new trash cans in the city's North End neighborhood. New enclosed trash cans On Friday, crews from the Department of Public Works replaced open-topped sidewalk trash cans in the North End. The new cans...
New York has all of these in ample supply; small wonder that commuters stand a one in ten chance, according to one study, of spotting a rat anytime they wait for the subway.Photo by: Bonnie Arbittier The real problem in New York, however, is the way the city handles its trash. ...
Reports and case studies from grassroots organizations such as the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) and others have conducted research on this subject. Their comprehensive reports contain information about negative health outcomes. EJA’s mission is to fight for health equity for...
Handling Harassment in Multifamily Housing When Trash Talk Turns to Transgression Whether you live in a super-luxe Park Avenue co-op in New York City, a beach-front condo in Florida, a sprawling HOA in Nevada, or a multifamily community in the Berkshires, one thing is certain: you have ...
Many years ago, trash was burned in incinerators, but they didn’t meet the air standards of the EPA and they didn’t generate much power. “They were also an annoyance to people in the area,” says John Doherty, commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation. ...
CITY COUNCIL EXPLORES WAYS TO IMPROVE GARBAGE COLLECTION AND MITIGATE RAT PROBLEMS Ranking second only to Chicago in the magnitude of our rat problem, New York continually seeks ways to improve. Various pieces of legislation seek to lessen opportunities for rats to invade garbage. One calls for a...