Stephen Ursery, Editor, Waste Age Magazine

April 11, 2005

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NSWMA Cautions NYC about Marine Station Plan

New York — The Washington-based National Solid Wastes Management (NSWMA) has cautioned the New York City Council about the costs of the city’s proposed plan to use marine transfer stations in its solid waste management. During a March 30 hearing, David Biderman, NSWMA’s general counsel, testified that the plan would increase the city’s waste management costs by $2 billion over the next 20 years when compared with the city’s current system.

The plan, issued last fall, proposes renovating and reopening four city-owned marine transfer stations. According to the plan, about half of New York City’s residential waste would be processed at the stations and then sent by barge or rail to landfills. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Department of Sanitation have proposed the plan in the hopes of reducing the amount of truck traffic that takes the trash to disposal sites.

Biderman testified that the plan would only remove 250 trucks from the road. “Is it worth spending $2 billion to take 250 trucks off the road each day, when more than 32,000 trucks are on New York City’s streets?”

About the Author(s)

Stephen Ursery

Editor, Waste Age Magazine, Waste360

Stephen Ursery is the editor of Waste Age magazine. During his time as editor, Waste Age has won more than 20 national and regional awards. He has worked for Penton Media since August 1999. Before joining Waste Age as the magazine's managing editor, he was an associate editor for American City & County and for National Real Estate Investor.

Prior to joining Penton, Stephen worked as a reporter for The Marietta Daily Journal and The Fulton County Daily Report, both of which are located in metro Atlanta.

Stephen earned a BA in History from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

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