The NCA with AWISCO Welding Supply and Highview Creations LLC have been awarded $206,188 to construct a green roof on AWISCO’s Maspeth, Queens building as part of the NYC DEP’s 2011 Green Infrastructure Grant Program. The roof will manage over 390,000 gallons of stormwater per year, directly reducing CSOs to Newtown Creek. It will also […]
Art & Sustainability, 6/1 When: Wednesday, June 1st, 6:30-8:30pm Where: Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Visitor Center, 329 Greenpoint Ave. [directions] Join us for the NYC Dept of Environmental Protection’s speaker series where we will be hearing from George Trakas, environmental sculpture artist and designer of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, and Mary Mattingly, whose […]
The Mayor’s Proposed Budget for the New York City Dept of Sanitation would gut New York City’s landmark 2006 Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP), undermining its goals of equity and environmental responsibility. It would functionally eliminate every Manhattan facility included in the SWMP, as well as the Marine Transfer Station (MTS) to be located in […]
The neighborhoods surrounding Newtown Creek host a combined 19 waste transfer stations (WTS). Collectively, these WTS handle almost 40% of the 12 million plus tons of waste moving through WTS in NYC annually. This is the densest concentration if WTS stations in New York City. NCA is a member of O.U.T.R.A.G.E. (Organizations United for Trash […]
The Hudson River Foundation announces a request for proposals for the NYCEF Newtown Creek Fund. The Fund is part of the Newtown Creek Environmental Benefits Program, created through an agreement between New York State and New York City to upgrade the Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant and provide environmental benefits to neighboring communities. Priority […]
