Greenpoint, for instance, wants to get rid of waste transfer stations and objects to subsidized housing.
One Senator has said he will try to stop the waste transfer until he is satisfied that transporting plutonium-contaminated wastes pose no threat to state residents.
The two neighborhoods already have 27 percent of the city's privately owned waste transfer stations.
With the city's landfill nearing capacity and Congress threatening to crack down on interstate waste transfers, New York has little choice but to recycle.
Borough officials and residents fear that Brooklyn, which has more than 40 percent of the city's privately owned waste transfer stations, will end up becoming the city's main garbage thoroughfare.
For this reason, the United States cannot participate in waste transfers with Basel Parties without a separate and equivalent bilateral or multilateral agreement.
For information about waste transfer and consignment notes, see our guides on duty of care - your waste responsibilities and managing your hazardous waste.
That means bottle banks, trucks for doorstep collections and building new waste transfer, storage and handling stations, all of which takes time and money.
The Member States must provide for inspections and controls of waste transfers on the ground and effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions in the event of infringements.
Complete waste transfer notes to document and describe all waste you transfer - remember you've got to keep them for two years.