Common Ground Compost

Check out the @CommonCompost seed series, a 10-part webinar series starting Feb 2022! #zerowaste #wasteequity #climatejustice http://commongroundcompost.com/theseedseries hosted by @moontwerk

This Thursday we are asking @CMReynoso34 to continue to be the environmental and climate justice champion he has shown us to be - do not expand waste export capacity through any means in overburdened SE Queens. #WasteEquity #StopIntro2349 Register: http://council.nyc.gov/testify/

Residents in Southeast Queens are calling on @NYCSpeakerCoJo to leave a just environmental legacy and stand with community health over corporate profits. Promote #WasteEquity by opposing this bad faith waste to rail expansion proposal. #StopIntro2349 @CMReynoso34 @IDaneekMiller

Hey @how2saveaplanet, great episode on the basics of recycling! @CommonCompost and @moontwerk want to see a round 2 that focuses on #wasteequity: how our waste systems disproportionately impact marginalized communities, and why we can do about it. Let’s talk. #trashnerds

Our Resiliency Planner Priya Mulgaonkar co-presenting our Community Air Mapping Project for Envionmental Justice (CAMP-EJ), sharing lessons learned and #wasteequity policy wins with Cesar Yoc from @THEPOINTCDC #CitSci2019 @HabitatMap

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We applaud @NYCMayor & @NYCBIC decision to suspend #SanitationSalvage license to operate in NYC. Together with @donttrashnyc @NYLPI @ALIGNny & @TeamstersJC16, we have been calling for such action following two fatal crashes #WasteEquity #WorkerJustice...

“NYC-EJA applauds BIC for taking this necessary action to protect the health and safety of New Yorkers and others... We can no longer ignore the consequences wrought by irresponsible waste companies.” - @eddiebautista08 #wasteequity...

Our ED @eddiebautista08 finally seeing the #WasteEquity bill signed into law after 27 years of fighting!!

Packed house at the #WasteEquity bill signing! @elpuentepalante @THEPOINTCDC @NosQuedamos @_ympj @TeamstersJC16 @NYLPI @NRDC

At the historic #WasteEquity bill signing. Thanks @CMReynoso34 @CoreyinNYC @NYCMayor for your leadership.

Great coverage of the #WasteEquity vote from a local Queens paper, highlighting the concerning lack of support from CM Miller. www.timesledger.com/stories/2018/30/trashequ...

Finally justice is served for EJ communities! We look forward to implementation of Intro 157 and more #WasteEquity reforms to come. Cheers to our ED @eddiebautista08 for getting this bill across the finish line!

Rev. Rodriguez from Southeast Queens - "This bill does not say 'not in my backyard, but not ALL in my backyard." #WasteEquity

Leslie from @elpuentepalante repping our city's most environmentally overburdened community in North brooklyn. #WasteEquity

Julio from @NydiaVelazquez office standing in support of #WasteEquity today!

"Today we addressing the conditions of Black and Latino communities across the city by passing 157-C. This bill will not negatively impact jobs." @DRichards13 standing up for #WasteEquity

Shout out to @THEPOINTCDC @_ympj @NosQuedamos @UPROSE @elpuentepalante for bringing us to this pivotal moment for #WasteEquity

A reminder of the overwhelming support for #WasteEquity coming from residents of Southeast Queens. Thank you @DRichards13 for standing up for environmental justice! citylimits.org/2018/07/18/cityviews-the...

There's a Big Fight Brewing in the City Council Over Tras... The council votes tomorrow on a bill to distribute garbag...

EJ communities have been fighting for #WasteEquity for over 20 years. Today Intro 157 comes to a vote! Enacting Intro 157 will ensure that every neighborhood has “skin in the game” when it comes to the city’s waste production. - @eddiebautista08 https://bit.ly/2mpT68X

Overburdened communities of color may finally see relief from garbage after decades of struggle. Thank you @CMReynoso34 and @StephenLevin33 for your leadership on Intro 157! #WasteEquity https://bit.ly/2uKn9fh

City Council Will Try To Curb 'Environmental Racism' On W... Currently, 4 out of 59 of the city's community districts—...

"Right now, the vast majority of waste in New York City is trucked to and processed in just a handful of low-income communities of color" Our Policy Planner, Priya Mulgaonkar calling out the environmental racism of the private waste industry. https://bit.ly/2L5RTCw #WasteEquity

A rousing cry from the community - Don’t Trash Southeast Queens! @IDaneekMiller it’s time to renew your commitment to #WasteEquity and support Intro157

#wasteequity for Southeast Queens rally! Brother Baker highlighting the need for safer streets and less asthma pollution for the children who look up to @IDaneekMiller #Intro157

Thanks @JulissaFerreras for signing on to support Intro495-b, bringing us one step closer to #WasteEquity

.@NYCSanitation reports Hamilton Ave MTS is online - all 4 will be up and running by 2020 to help bring #wasteequity to #EJ communities!

Intro-495 would limit waste permitted at transfer stations in N Bklyn, SE Qns and the S Bx. A win for #WasteEquity! http://politi.co/2wUs4h1

Thank you @IDaneekMiller for your support of #Intro495a! We need more leadership for #WasteEquity ! #ToxicTour #PrayIn4EJ

Today, dozens of members of the South Bronx community rally to say: @Salamancajr80, support Intro 495a & cut the trucks! #WasteEquity

Waste Cap bill would make trash system far more fair For far too long, Southeast Queens has been the recipient...

Waste Cap bill would make trash system far more fair www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/wast... @eddiebautista08 #WasteEquity #Support495