December 2, 2015

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Brooklyn Residents Hope to Shut Down Waste Transfer Station, Claim Odors and Fumes Are Sickening

New York Daily News

There's a lot of trash talk going on in North Brooklyn.

Bushwick residents who live around a busy waste transfer station on Thames St. are on a mission to get the facility shut down — claiming the noxious odors and fumes are enough to make people sick.

“They’re supposed to keep the garage door closed and their trucks off the sidewalks,” said neighborhood activist Ben Weinstein. “Their trucks are only supposed to idle three minutes — instead they do it for hours. They’re not following the laws.”

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