6 THE COURIER SUN • JUNE 12, 2014 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village begin composting in city program BY ERIC JANKIEWICZ ejankiewicz@queenscourier.com @ericjankiewicz Little brown plastic bins have begun to appear in Maspeth, Glendale and Middle Village as those neighborhoods have been chosen as the vanguard of the city’s new composting program. The fi rst bins were installed on June 2 as the city attempts to reduce the amount of trash going into landfi lls by recycling organic waste. The neighborhoods were chosen because they’re a microcosm of the rest of the city with the rich variety of housing from singlefamily homes to larger apartment buildings, said sanitation representative Lisa Brunie-McDermott. The city-run program’s goal is to collect organic waste like food scraps and turn it into renewable energy or compost, which is used to enrich soil. But many in the communities are skeptical about how effective the program will be and say that the city didn’t warn them that they would be chosen for the composting experiment. “It’s an ineffi cient program at this point,” said Gary Giordano, a resident of Glendale and district manager for Community Board 5. During a meeting that the Glendale Property Owners held on June 5 to discuss the pilot program, Giordano noted that in order for the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) to collect the organic waste, an extra truck would have to be sent out on each block where there are brown bins. “So what we’re looking at is an oxymoron. You’re wasting extra fuel in the name of going green,” he said. Many residents at the meeting were also concerned that the city would ticket them for not participating in a program that they never wanted to be a part of in the fi rst place. But, Brunie-McDermott explained, since the program is not law yet, there are no fi nes. “It’s likely that if this becomes law, then there will be tickets involved,” she said. And whether or not the program becomes law is dependent on how communities like Glendale respond to it and whether residents participate. The DSNY is holding similar programs in the other four boroughs and by this time next year, the city will gauge how successfully the programs worked in the pilot areas. Brunie-McDermott noted that during the fi rst recycling period on June 3, just a day after the bins were given out, residents in Glendale had fi lled up their brown bins with all kinds of organic waste. And that’s a good sign for her, even if some in the community express trepidation. “It’s a behavior change and it takes time,” Brunie-McDermott said. “I’m sure there were similar growing pains when the city decided to have regular recycling.” THE COURIER/Photo by Eric Jankiewicz FIRST+MED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE SINCE 1983 EVEN ON SUNDAY 2013 We now accept all BC/BS Plans, Aetna 1199, most Oxford, United Healthcare, HIP GHI and many others Saturday Seminars & Workshops for High School or College Students & Adults FIRST+MED-FLUSHING 191-20 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11358 718-224-8855 Mon-Fri: 8am-9pm, Sat & Sun: 8am-7pm FIRST+MED-GLENDALE 82-17 Woodhaven Blvd.,Glendale, NY 11385 718-805-9581 Mon-Fri: 9am-7pm, Sat & Sun: 9am-3pm of the THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com URGENT CARE FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS BUMPS, SCRAPES, CUTS, BURNS YOU NAME IT! MEMBER URGENT CARE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA In this CITI... FIRST MED is the PREMIERE Urgent Care in Queens and FIRST CHOICE in Urgent Care since 1983 First Med Doctors are Certified Examiners for DOT Physicals Open House Saturday, June 14 at 1 pm Magazine Names 305 N. Service Road Dix Hills, NY 11746 www.ftc.edu 631.656.2110 • AUDIO RECORDING TECHNOLOGY • BROADCASTING • BUSINESS • E LEMENTARY TEACHER EDUCATION • FILM/VIDEO • JOURNALISM • MASS COMMUNICATION • MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION • MUSIC BUSINESS • MUSIC PERFORMANCE • THEATRE ARTS Classes Offered in Audio Recording Technology, Music, Music Business and Theatre Arts Classes start March 22 & 29 High School Summer Workshops July 7 - 25 July 28 - August 15 Audio Recording, Filmmaking, Guitar, Musical Theatre, Vocal Ensembles College Summer Classes June 30 - August 21 New & Transfer Students Welcome • Affordable Tuition One of the Top 35 Summer Graduate Classes June 30 - August 21 One, Two & Four Week Classes • New & Transfer Students Welcome Music Business Programs in the United States
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