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In the 1890s, New York City implemented a street cleaning program that picked up after the large amounts of litter in the streets, as well as cleaning up after the city's horse-powered transportation. In 1895, New York City became the first U.S. city with public-sector garbage management. [9]
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]
The city's wastewater is collected through an extensive grid of sewer pipes of various sizes and stretching over 7,400 miles (11,900 km). The Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) operates 14 water pollution control plants treating an average of 1.3 billion US gallons (4,900,000 m 3) of wastewater a day; 96 wastewater pump stations: 8 dewatering facilities; and 490 sewer regulators.
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (also known as CalRecycle) is a branch of the California Environmental Protection Agency that oversees the state's waste management, recycling, and waste reduction programs. CalRecycle was established in 2010 to replace the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
At the peak of its operation, in 1986, Fresh Kills received 29,000 short tons (26,000 t) of residential waste per day, playing a key part in the New York City waste management system. [3] From 1991 until its closing it was the only landfill to accept New York City's residential waste. [ 4 ]
PAYT programs operated in California, Michigan, New York and Washington as early as the 1970s, although The City of San Francisco “had practiced a kind of PAYT scheme since 1932.” [4] By 2000, 6,000 communities in the U.S. (20%) and 200 in Canada had implemented user fees for waste management. [2]
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 Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites List, also known as the Cortese List—named for Dominic Cortese—or California Superfund, is a planning document used by the State of California and its various local agencies and developers to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act requirements in providing information about the location of hazardous materials release sites.