Trash

The Brookhaven landfill is expected to be full in two to three years, posing a major problem for Long Island waste management.

As states weigh trash-to-energy facilities, neighborhoods in Long Island and Brooklyn, New York, have learned from each other to fight for environmental justice with solutions to a growing organic waste management problem. The strategy in New Haven, Connecticut, is reducing trash that ends up in landfills and incinerators.

With an incinerator in Hartford that burns trash to generate energy set to close, what are the alternatives? And are there programs to develop safer, more environmentally friendly systems of managing waste?

Connecticut could see cheaper gas as early as next week

The long-term future of Connecticut’s quasi-public waste management agency is uncertain. One of four waste-to-energy facilities in the state is scheduled to close later this year due to age and lack of funding.

Connecticut's Attorney General is vowing to stay in the fight against the owners of Stamford-based Purdue Pharma. Elsa’s impact on our region, Long Island…

The New York State NAACP has condemned a plan to haul garbage out of Long Island at a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank. The push follows months…

A proposed bill in New York plans to help Long Island with its ongoing solid waste management crisis. The region is still working on a plan on where to…

Long Island has a trash problem, according to environmental and community advocates. However, they don’t agree what should be done about it.The Citizens…