Last newsletter: September 23, 1999
Big Apple Garbage Sentinel was published from January 1999 to March 2000. This site is a web archive, frozen after its last update in September of 1999. I am sorry that newsletters after that time could not be added.
--John McCrory
Editor and Publisher
AS NEW YORK CITY COUNTS DOWN to the closure of Fresh Kills Landfill, the city faces the challenge of reinventing the way it manages recycling and garbage. This change will require one of the largest infrastructure investments New York City has ever made, or will ever make in the future -- on a par with building the city's subway system or its network of reservoirs and water tunnels.
The decision to close Fresh Kills is wonderful news. However, it calls on New Yorkers and their public servants to make a serious commitment to exploring the broad variety of options open to us and to work towards solutions and practices that can reduce our waste and manage our recyclables and garbage in ways that are fairer, safer, cleaner, and cheaper well into the next century.
During its 15 months of publication, Big Apple Garbage Sentinel reported news about the city's developing policies and practices, as well as information that helped provide a context for understanding the city's unique trash problems and opportunities.
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