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    The Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) is critical to creating a fair and environmentally responsible system for handling waste in New York City. The plan calls for eliminating 6 million miles of truck traffic each year and providing relief to those communities that currently handle the great majority of the city's waste. The Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods (OWN) and the New York City environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) will host a community forum to discuss the challenges Bronx residents face while waiting for the relief promised by the SWMP

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    The Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) is critical to creating a fair and environmentally responsible system for handling waste in New York City. The plan calls for eliminating 6 million miles of truck traffic each year and providing relief to those communities that currently handle the great majority of the city's waste. The Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods (OWN) and the New York City environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) will host a community forum to discuss the challenges Bronx residents face while waiting for the relief promised by the SWMP

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    SWMP Bronx Forum Advisory - 12JUNE2012 - Final

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    The Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) is critical to creating a fair and environmentally responsible system for handling waste in New York City. The plan calls for eliminating 6 million miles of truck traffic each year and providing relief to those communities that currently handle the great majority of the city's waste. The Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods (OWN) and the New York City environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) will host a community forum to discuss the challenges Bronx residents face while waiting for the relief promised by the SWMP

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    com 2127845714 **MEDIAADVISORY**

    CouncilMembersMariadelCarmenArroyo,HelenFosterandMelissaMarkViverito,the OrganizationofWaterfrontNeighborhoods(OWN)andNewYorkCityEnvironmentalJustice Alliance(NYCEJA)toHoldCommunityForumonWasteIssuesinNewYorkCity


    OWNCallsontheCitytoEvenlyDistributeWasteTransferStationsacrossallFiveBoroughsand ProvideRelieftoOverburdenedCommunities;StronglyOpposesCitysEfforttoSiteaWastetoEnergy Facility WHAT: OWNandNYCEJAmemberswillhostacommunityforumtodiscussthechallenges BronxresidentscontinuetofacewhilewaitingforthereliefpromisedbytheSolid WasteManagementPlan.Residentswillalsodiscusstheseriousenvironmental concernsraisedbytheCitysefforttositeawastetoenergypilotfacility. TheSolidWasteManagementPlan(SWMP),passedin2006,iscriticaltocreatingafair andenvironmentallyresponsiblesystemforhandlingwasteinNewYorkCity.Most notably,theplancallsforeliminating6millionmilesoftrucktrafficeachyear,and providingrelieftothosecommunitiesthatcurrentlyhandlethegreatmajorityofthe cityswaste.Presently,70%ofwastehandledinNewYorkCitygoestofourcommunity districtsintheSouthBronx,WilliamsburgGreenpoint,andSoutheastQueens.Nearly thirtypercentofallsolidwastehandledinNewYorkCityishandledintheSouthBronx, whichishosttoadisproportionateamountoftruckintensive,landbasedwaste transferstationsandotherpollutingfacilitiesinthecity.Manhattancurrentlyhasno wastetransferstations. WHO: CouncilMemberMariadelCarmenArroyo CouncilMemberHelenFoster CouncilMemberMelissaMarkViverito NewYorkLawyersforthePublicInterestGavinKearney,ProgramDirector, EnvironmentalJusticeProgram ThePointKellieTerrySepulveda,ExecutiveDirector SustainableSouthBronxAngelaTovar,CommunityGreeningPlanner NewYorkCityEnvironmentalJusticeAllianceEddieBautista,ExecutiveDirector WHEN: Thursday,June14,2012,6:45p.m. WHERE: ThePoint,AtriumTheatre 940GarrisonAvenue,Bronx,NY10474 AbouttheOrganizationofWaterfrontNeighborhoods

    TheOrganizationofWaterfrontNeighborhoods(OWN)isacitywidecommunitybasedcoalitionformed in1996toaddressthecommonthreattoNYCneighborhoodspresentedbysolidwastetransferstations andtofindanequitableandenvironmentallysoundsolutiontowastehandlinginNYC.OWNsmember organizationsincludeWilliamsburg/GreenpointOUTRAGE;ThePointCDC;SustainableSouthBronx; UPROSEofSunsetPark;MorningsideHeights/WestHarlemSanitationCoalition;ElPuente;Federationof CivicAssociationsofSoutheastQueens;andNosQuedamos/WeStay.NewYorkLawyersforthePublic Interest(NYLPI)representsthecoalition,andNewYorkCityEnvironmentalJusticeAlliance(NYCEJA) andHabitatMapprovidetechnicalassistance. ###

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