Refereed Publications
Clarke, M., and Maantay, J.A. Optimizing
Recycling in all of New York City's Neighborhoods: Using GIS to Develop the
REAP Index for Improved Recycling Education, Awareness, and Participation.
Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, 46 (2) 128-148, February 2006,
Elsevier Publishers.
‘Gold Standard’ for Remediation of WTC
Contamination, New Solutions - A
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, co-author, Volume
14, Number 3, 2004, pp. 119-217.
Waste Incineration and Public Health , co-author, Report of the National
Research Council, National Academy Press, September, 1999.
"Integrated waste management planning and decision-making in New York City", first
author -- with Adam Read and Paul Phillips. Resources, Conservation and Recycling
26 (1999) 125-141. Paper focuses on developments since announcement of closure of Fresh
Kills landfill in 1996.
"Integrated MSW Planning and Decision-making in New York City: The Citizens'
Alternative Plan" Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, April,
1993.
"The Impact of the Dioxin Issue on Resource Recovery in the United States" Waste
Management and Research, Vol 5 Number 3, 1987. Co-author with Norman Steisel and
Regina Morris. 14pp. Paper delves into the U.S. debate on dioxin emissions from resource
recovery plants -- both in the public and scientific arenas. Specific topics covered:
dioxin risk assessments, toxicity, formation in the furnace and the stack, dioxin control
via combustion regulation and via emission control devices, and research needs.
"Municipal Infrastructure Neglect, Deterioration and Renewal: A Case Study for New
York City", Northeastern Environmental Science, Vol. 2, Nos. 3-4, 1983.
Paper describes the neglect, and subsequent deterioration of water and sewer systems in
New York City -- its causes (the fiscal crisis, lack of records, inefficient operations)
and the solutions (improved coordination among infrastructure departments, preparation of
detailed inventories of capital stock, failure rates, and attention to short and long-term
rehabilitation planning).
Refereed Conference Papers
“Introduction to Municipal Solid Waste Incineration”, presented at and
published in the Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association
Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 23-27, 2002. 32 pp.
“Introduction To Waste Prevention And Recycling”, presented at and
published in the Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association
Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 23-27, 2002. 17 pp.
"New York City After Fresh Kills: Latest Developments in the Planning Process (the
Saga continues)", presented and published in the Proceedings of the Air &
Waste Management Association's 94th Annual Meeting & Exhibition,
Orlando, FL, June 24-28, 2001. 18 pp.
"Characterization of Cold Start and Upset Conditions in MWCs", presented
and published in the Proceedings of the Air & Waste Management Association's 93rd
Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT, June 18-23, 2000. 20 pp.
"Field Study of Recycling Efficiency and Durable Products Left at Curbside in New
York City" presented and published in the Proceedings of the Air & Waste
Management Association's 93rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Salt Lake
City, UT, June 18-23, 2000. 10 pp.
"Planning for the Closure of New York City's Fresh Kills Landfill: Integrated
Waste Management or Export?" , presented and published in the Proceedings of
the Air & Waste Management Association’s 92nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition,
St. Louis, MO, June 20-24, 1999. 16pp
"Do Environmental Shopping Educational Campaigns Work?", presented and
published in the Proceedings of the Air & Waste Management Association’s 90th
Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 8-13, 1997. 16pp
"Environmental Procurement in New York City: Making the Case for Enacting
Comprehensive New Legislation", presented and published in the Proceedings of
the 89th Annual Exhibition and Meeting, Air and Waste Management Association,
Nashville, TN, June 23-28, 1996. 16pp.
Survey Results of a Store-Based Environmental Shopping Campaign in New York City",
presented and published in the Proceedings of the 88th Annual Exhibition and Meeting,
Air and Waste Management Association, San Antonio, TX, June 18-23, 1995. 16 pp.
"Implementation of Environmental Shopping Educational Campaigns: Preliminary
Results of a New York City Case Study", presented and published in Proceedings
of the 87th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Air and Waste Management Association,
Cincinnati, OH. June 19-24, 1994. 16 pp.
"Consumer Response to Environmental Shopping Campaigns: Design of a New York City
Case Study", presented and published in Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting
and Exhibition, Air and Waste Management Association, Denver, CO. June 13-18, 1993. 16
pp.
"The Nation's First Mercury Emissions Standard: A n Assessment of New
Jersey's Standard for Municipal Waste Combustors", presented and published in Proceedings
of the 86th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Air and Waste Management Association,
Denver, CO. June 13-18, 1993. 16 pp.
"New Jersey's Proposed Mercury Emissions Standard -- Task Force Experience",
co-authored with Betty K. Jensen, presented and published in Proceedings of the
86th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Air and Waste Management Association, Denver, CO.
June 13-18, 1993. 16 pp.
"Designing Waste Composition studies to Optimize Implementation of the Solid Waste
Hierarchy", presented and published in the Proceedings of the 84th Annual
Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, June
16-21, 1991. 16 pp.
"The Paradox and the Promise of Source Reduction" presented and published
in the Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management
Association", Pittsburgh, PA, June 25-29, 1990. 16 pp.
"Technologies for Minimizing the Emission of NOx from MSW Incineration", presented
and published in the Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste
Management Association, Anaheim, CA, June 25-30, 1989. 16 pp.
"Minimizing Emissions and Improving Operation of Waste-to-Energy Facilities",
presented and published in the Proceedings of the 80th Annual Meeting of APCA, New
York, NY, June 21-26, l987. 17pp.
"Emission Control Technologies For Resource Recovery", presented and
published in the Proceedings of the Air Pollution Control Association's 79th Annual
Meeting, June 22-27, l986, Minneapolis, MN. 16 pp.
Books and Reports
Reaching for Zero: The Citizens' Plan for
Zero Waste in New York City, Co-Author (Waste Prevention and
Reuse chapter) New York City Zero Waste Campaign and Consumer Policy
Institute / Consumers Union, June 2004
Testing the Effectiveness of Supermarket-Based Environmental Shopping Campaigns in
Changing Consumer Behavior in New York City, Ph.D.dissertation, City University of
New York, 1999.
Purchasing Strategies to Prevent Waste and Save Money , co-author. Guide
published by the National Recycling Coalition, Alexandria, VA., April, 1999.
Goodbye, Fresh Kills! or How the City Can Stop Worrying and Learn to Reduce, Reuse, and
Recycle , Task Force Report co-authored as a member of the Manhattan Solid Waste
Working Group for the Manhattan Borough President, April 30, 1997.
"A Proposed Plan for an Environmental Assessment of Chinatown", with
Victor Goldsmith, John Fillos and Miriam Haran, Center for Applied Studies of the
Environment, City University of New York, New York, March 17, 1995.
Burning Garbage in the US -- Practice vs. State-of-the-art, first
author, co-authored by Maarten de Kadt and David Saphire, published by INFORM, New York,
NY 1991 The book presents an overview of the most up-to-date waste-to-energy technologies,
operating procedures, and regulatory requirements and compares these to 15 plants in the
U.S. 275 pp
A Technical Framework for Life-cycle Assessments, Co-Author. Published by the
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Washington, DC., January, 1991;
Produced at product Lifecycle Workshop sponsored by SETAC, August 17-23, 1990, Smuggler's
Notch, VT. The report outlines, in detail, the environmental, social, natural resources
and other cradle-to-grave releases, costs, and impacts to be included in producing
lifecycle inventories and assessments of products, processes, and activities, and how such
a study is structured.
"Technologies for Minimizing the Emission of NOx from MSW Incineration", published
as a report by INFORM in 1989.
"Solid Waste Management: A Challenge for New York City", co-authored with
Maarten deKadt and Nancy Lilienthal, INFORM -- a chapter in Future Shocks to the New
York Economy published by the Citizens Budget Commission, New York, NY, January, 1989.
72pp. Study describes three scenarios for garbage management in New York City from 1988 to
2010, indicating when the landfill closes and exports must begin, as well as the costs
involved.
"Improving Environmental Performance of MSW Incinerators",
1988 published by
INFORM, Inc. 81pp.
Workshop on Municipal Solid Waste Technology, sponsored by the Office of
Environmental Engineering and Technology Development, USEPA, October 3-4, l988,
Washington, DC. Served on the Source Reduction Task Group, advising EPA regarding its next
five-year research program. Specific waste reduction research, legislative, and
programmatic proposals are discussed in Proceedings of Workshop on Municipal Solid
Waste Technology, USEPA, December, 1988.
A Solid Waste Blueprint for New York State , contributing editor for INFORM,
Inc.. Published March, 1988. 95pp. Report is a compendium of proposed legislative and
programmatic initiatives with explanatory notes and citations for improved solid waste
management in New York State. Co-authors: Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental
Defense Fund, Environmental Action Coalition, and Scenic Hudson.
"Dioxins: Health Effects, Control Technologies and Implications for the Resource
Recovery Industry", New York University Masters Essay, May 1981. The potent
toxin, 2,3,7,8 TCDD, its epidemiology and emission concentrations in resource recovery
plants are discussed and control technologies evaluated.
"New York City's Infrastructure Problem: Where Do We Go From Here?", Tri-State
Regional Planning Commission Report, January, 1981. The role of infrastructure financing
biases, historical lack of federal involvement in infrastructure rehabilitation, and the
New York City and State fiscal crises and their relationship to the decline of New York
City's infrastructure systems are discussed as are the City's recent successful efforts to
implement organizational improvements to reverse the trend of decline and neglect.
Infrastructure Renewal Priorities in Sunset Park, Brooklyn: A Review for Economic
Developers , Tri-State Interim Technical Report, November, 1980. Report examines
New York City's infrastructure rehabilitation policies and investment priorities affecting
industry in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Budgeting and political issues involving maintenance,
repair, and replacement of water supply, sewer, street, highway, and rail systems are also
addressed.
Infrastructure Information Compendium , Tri-State ITR, June, 1980. Report
abstracts major findings and recommendations of key government and consultant publications
on aspects of infrastructure rehabilitation in industrial Newark and Brooklyn.
Preventive Infrastructure Maintenance in Clifton, NJ: A Review for Economic Developers ,
Tri-State ITR, August 1980. The current and potential impacts of water and sewer
infrastructure deterioration on business in Clifton, and the effectiveness of municipal
programs to promote economic development and infrastructure maintenance and
rehabilitation.
"An Economic and Environmental Assessment of the Florida Everglades Sugarcane
Industry", Johns Hopkins University Masters Essay, October, 1977. Report
evaluates economic and environmental viability of the industry in light of extensive
public expenditure and widespread degradation of the Everglades and the South Florida
water supply. 152 pp
"The National Flood Insurance Program and Its Possible Impacts on Massachusetts
Coastal Communities", Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program Internal
Report, September, 1975. Paper discusses coastal flooding and government floodplain
management techniques and regulations developed to curtail damage from coastal flooding,
predicting more development and more damage due to low-cost flood insurance. 50 pp
"A Historical Perspective on Water Quality in the U.S.", Internal EPA
Report, January, 1975. Paper quantifies degradation of natural water quality in the Great
Lakes and New England during the last few centuries, and explores the definition of
natural water quality and the utility of biological indicators. 92 pp
"The Environmental Effects of the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor", presented
at a National Science Foundation Fission Energy working group meeting, August, 1974. Paper
evaluates economics, safety, leaks, containment, radiation hazards, accidents, and
alternative energy sources. 70 pp.
Energy at Dartmouth , June, 1974. Published report, commissioned by the
Dartmouth College Trustees in a year of energy crisis, is an interdisciplinary study of
the applicability of solar, geothermal and wind technologies to Dartmouth. My contribution
explored underground heat storage and solar energy.
Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Understanding Participation in New York City's Recycling Program,
co-author, Ben Mancell, presented and published in the
Proceedings of the Twentienth International Conference on Solid Waste
Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A. April
3-6, 2005.
Optimizing Recycling in All the Neighborhoods of New York City: The Roles
of Demographics, Education, Barriers, and Program Changes, presented at
and published in the Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference
on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A. March 21
– 24, 2004
"Community Coordinators: A novel approach to waste prevention
and recycling education in New York City", presented at the Seventeenth
International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA,
October 21-24, 2001.
"New York City After Fresh Kills: Latest Developments in the Planning Process
(the Saga continues)", published in the Proceedings of the Sixteenth
International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA,
December 11-13, 2000. 8 pp.
"Characterization of Cold Starts and Upsets in Municipal
Waste Combustors", presented at and
published in the Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Solid Waste
Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA. Dec. 13-15, 1999. 8 pp.
"Planning for the Closure of New York City's Fresh Kills Landfill: Integrated
Waste Management or Export?", presented at and published in the Proceedings of
the Fourteenth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management.
Philadelphia, PA, Nov 1-4, 1998. 8pp
"New York City Environmental Shopping Campaign: Comparison of Results to Similar
Studies" presented at and published in the Proceedings of the Thirteenth
International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Vol. I,
Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 16-19, 1997. 8 pp.
"Advancements in Environmental Procurement: Enacting Comprehensive New Legislation
in New York City", presented at and published in the Proceedings of the
Twelfth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management,
Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 17-20, 1996, 8pp.
"Survey Results From a New York City Environmental Shopping Campaign: Do Attitudes
and Behaviors Change?" presented at and published in the Proceedings of the
Eleventh International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Philadelphia, PA. Nov.
12-15, 1995. 8 pp.
"Emissions Standards For Municipal Waste Combustors: Discussion and Critique about
Recently Proposed Standards", 1995 International EPA/AWMA Conference on Solid
Waste Management: Thermal Treatment and Waste-to-Energy Technologies, Washington, DC,
April 18 - 21, 1995
"Implementation and Findings of a New York City Environmental Shopping
Campaign," presented at and published in the Proceedings of the Tenth
International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Philadelphia, PA. November 13-16,
1994. 8 pp.
"New Jersey's Mercury Emissions Standards for Municipal Waste Combustors: A
Discussion and Critique", presented at and published in the Proceedings of the
Symposium on Mercury Contamination in the Northeast, sponsored by the Northeast States
for Coordinated Air Use Management, Cambridge, MA, May 25, 1994.
"Consumer Response to Environmental Shopping Campaigns: Design and Preliminary
Findings of a New York City Case Study", presented and published in the Proceedings
of the Ninth International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials,
Philadelphia, PA, November 14-17, 1993. 8 pp.
"The Development of New Jersey's Mercury Emissions Standards for Municipal Waste
Combustors",
Presented and published in the Proceedings of the Third
International Conference on Municipal Waste Combustion, Williamsburg, VA. March 30 -
April 2, 1993.
"Integrated MSW Planning and Decision-making in New York City: The Citizens'
Alternative Plan",
presented and published in the Proceedings of the 85th
Annual Meeting, Air and Waste Management Association, Kansas City, MO, June 22-26,
1992. 16 pp. Paper traces the genesis and development of public participation in solid
waste planning in New York City, and describes the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board's
alternative plan for the City.
A Review of Activated Carbon Technologies for reducing MSW Incinerator Emissions",
presented at the Second International Conference on Municipal Waste Combustion,
sponsored by USEPA and AWMA, Tampa, FL. April 16-19, 1991. Paper discusses activated
carbon emission control systems, performance data and emissions reduction achieved using
these systems, and European regulations which precipitated their development for MSW
incinerators. 20 pp.
"Technologies for Minimizing the Emission of NOx from MSW Incineration",
presented
and published in the Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Solid Waste
Management and Materials Policy, New York, NY, January 31- February 2, 1990. (this was
an update of the AWMA paper, below)
"Technologies for Minimizing the Emission of NOx from MSW Incineration",
presented
and published in the Proceedings of 35th Anniversary Technical Conference, Mid-Atlantic
States Section of the Air and Waste Management Association, Atlantic City, NJ, October
3-6, 1989.
"The Public's Perspective Regarding Waste Management and Research Needs",
presented
at and published in the Proceedings of the Conference on Municipal Waste at City
College of New York, April 18, 1989. 11 pp.
"Technologies for Minimizing the Emission of NOx from MSW Incineration",
presented
at and published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Municipal Waste
Combustion, sponsored by EPA, Environment Canada, ASME, APCA & WHO. Hollywood, FL,
April 11-14, l989. 20 pp.
"Laboratory Research to Identify the Predominant Sources of Pollutant Precursors
in MSW",
presented at and published in the Proceedings of the New England
Section APCA Conference on Hazardous and Municipal Solid Waste Minimization, February
7-8, 1988, Providence, RI. 20 pp.
"Improving Environmental Performance of MSW Incinerators",
presented at
and published in the Proceedings of the First Conference on MSW Incineration sponsored
by the Industrial Gas Cleaning Institute. Washington, DC, November, 1988. 68 pp.
"Minimizing Emissions From Resource Recovery",
published in the Proceedings
of the National Incinerator Testing and Emissions Program International Workshop,
sponsored by Environment Canada, Montreal, Quebec, October, 1987. 51pp. This report is an
update and expansion of "Issues, Options, and Choices for control of Emissions From
Resource Recovery Plants".
"Minimizing Emissions From Resource Recovery"
presented and published in
the Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the National Resource Recovery
Association, Washington, DC, March, 1988
"Issues, Options, and Choices for control of Emissions From Resource Recovery
Plants", presented at and published in the Proceedings of the Sixth Annual
Conference of the National Resource Recovery Association, Washington, DC, March, 1987.
48 pp.
"Discussion Paper on BACT for Resource Recovery -- From A Municipality's
Perspective", presented at and published in the Proceedings of the Fourth
Annual Resource Recovery Conference, Washington, DC, March 27-29, l985. paper explores
the evolving definition of Best Available Control Technology for the resource recovery
industry. Topics discussed include: BACT vs. LAER, the health effects of the main classes
of emissions, BACT selection processes, new state standards, an evaluation of available
control technologies, and the less tangible factors in a municipality's BACT selection
process.
Non-Refereed Magazine,
Newspaper Articles
"Counterpoint: Reopening Fresh Kills, Brilliant or Boneheaded."
Article with reasons against re-opening
Fresh Kills landfill. New York Times, City Section, April 14, 2002
"Waste Prevention: The Key to Combatting the Garbage Crisis", in MetroPlanner,
Metropolitan Chapter, American Planning Association, Vol. 5, No. 5, February, 1993. p.
16.
"Waste Characterization Studies and the Solid Waste Hierarchy", Resource
Recycling. February, 1992, pp. 75-84. Article traces the development and use of
waste composition studies over the past twenty years, from their use to design
incinerators, then recycling programs, and ultimately, source reduction strategies.
Targeting Toxics in the Waste Stream, Waste Age, May 1991. Article describes
the concept of pollutant precursors and their deleterious impacts on waste disposal and
recycling, and presents available data on these toxics in the waste stream and the
beneficial impacts to be achieved by their removal.
"A Solid Waste Research Agenda", Waste Age April, 1990.
Article outlines an interpretation of the public's perspectives regarding the waste
management hierarchy and research needs for source reduction, recycling, incineration, ash
management, and sludge management.
"An Ear for the Public's Wants" Waste Age, April, 1990. Article
describes the genesis of the Not-In-My-Back-Yard Syndrome, the role of the public and
nonprofit environmental organizations in public decision-making, a case study of
mechanisms for public participation used in New York City, and recommendations for
structuring of public participation in government.
"The Paradox and the Promise of Source Reduction" Solid Waste and
Power, January, 1990. Article defines volume and toxic source reduction, describes its
environmental, natural resources and economic implications vis a vis other solid waste
management alternatives, reviews the successful Berlin source reduction experiment, and
suggests a number of methods for achieving source reduction.
"New York's Future Is Export", Waste Age, December, 1989. Article
explores three garbage scenarios for New York City to 2010, including tonnages and costs
for various levels of source reduction, recycling, incineration/ash management, and
landfilling.
"Minimizing NOx", Waste Age, November, 1989. Article is a lay
summary of previous technical papers describing the various technologies for reducing
emissions of NOx from MSW incinerators (including source separation of yard waste, furnace
and boiler designs and operations, and add-on post-combustion control devices), the low
emissions achieved by these technologies in incinerator applications, and the developing
regulatory requirements for control of NOx emissions.
"Debating the Virtues of ESP's". Response to Letter to the Editor, Waste
Age, June, 1988 3pp.
"Emission Control Technologies" published in Resource Recovery,
Vol. 1, Feb. 1987; 7pp.
Legislation and Testimony
Testimony to New York City Council Hearing on Post-9/11 Remediation of
WTC Contamination (revised), March 30, 2004
Testimony to EPA WTC Expert Technical Review Panel - revised, Borough
of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY April 12, 2004
Testimony to City Council Environmental Protection
Committee/Lower Manhattan Joint Hearing on Remediation of World Trade Center
contamination, December 17, 2002.
Testimony
to City Council Sanitation Committee
in Support of Resolution
Recommending Expansion of Bottle Laws in New York State on behalf of
Manhattan Citizens’ Solid Waste Advisory Board, October 10, 2002
Testimony to City
Council Sanitation Committee hearing on solid waste management, April 29, 2002
Testimony to
City Council Sanitation Committee hearing
on recycling,
April 17, 2002
Testimony NYS
Assembly's second hearing on Air Quality issues surrounding the World Trade
Center collapses and fire, April 12, 2002
Testimony to City
Council Sanitation Committee on recycling budget,
March 20, 2002
EPA Ombudsman's second hearing
on Air Quality issues surrounding the World Trade Center collapses and
fires, March 11,
2002
New York City Council
Environmental Protection Committee hearing on Air Quality issues surrounding
the World Trade Center collapses and fires,
March 8,
2002
USEPA Ombudsman's public hearing
on the Environmental Impacts on Lower Manhattan Due to
the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center, New York, NY,
February 23, 2002
US Senate Environment Committee hearing on Air Quality issues surrounding
the World Trade Center collapses and fires,
February 25, 2002
Testimony to City Council Sanitation Committee on recommendations for new waste
prevention programs, legislation, incentives, and budgets, on behalf of
NYC Waste Prevention Coalition, February 7, 2002.
Testimony for public hearing on health matters resulting from the 9/11 WTC
attacks , State Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation, November 26, 2001
Testimony for Oversight Hearings on the Environmental Impacts on Lower Manhattan
Due to the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center, before the New York City
Council Committee on Environmental Protection, November 8, 2001.
Intro. 482 of 1998, Co-author. New York City proposed local legislation to effect
more waste prevention and recycling in City Agencies via improved methods of product
procurement and utilization.
"Comments on Medical Waste Incineration Rule: Supplemental Notice, Federal
Register, June 20, 1996, 40 CFR Part 60", for Commonweal, August 7, 1996.
"Testimony on New York City’s FY97 Expense Budget for Solid Waste
Management", March 7 (preliminary), and May 31, 1996 (final).
"Testimony on Intro 733 and 768, Bills to Close Fresh Kills Landfill by
2002", May 1, 1996.
"Testimony on FY96 New York City Expense Budget", for Manhattan
Citizens’ Solid Waste Advisory Board, May 25, 1995.
"Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council upon Proposed New Source
Performance Standards and Emissions Guidelines for Medical Waste Combustors", with
David Driesen, Washington, DC., April, 28, 1995.
Intro. 509. Co-Author. Environmental Procurement Legislation for New York City, co-author.
Introduced with 17 co-sponsoring Councilmembers in January, 1995.
"Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council upon Proposed New Source
Performance Standards and Emissions Guidelines for Municipal Waste Combustors",
with David Driesen, 59 Fed. Reg. 48198 and 59 Fed. Reg. 48228 (September 20, 1994),
Washington, DC., November 21, 1994.
"Testimony Regarding the Household Battery Collection and Recycling Act", prepared
for the Finance Division, New York City Council, June 4, 1990. Presented research on
relationship of heavy metals in the waste stream and emissions and ash toxicity.
"Testimony On New Jersey Senate 2261 -- the Toxic Packaging Reduction Act", Trenton,
NJ. May 21, 1990. Testimony provides detailed information on the environmental benefits to
be gained by instituting the bill which proposes reduction over several years of lead,
cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium in packaging materials. NJPIRG Press conference
- September, 1990.
"Testimony Regarding USEPA New Source Performance Standards and Municipal Waste
Combustor Guidelines for Existing Facilities", 40CFR Parts 60, 51, and 52.
Submitted to EPA February 28, 1990. Testimony proposes and supports emission limits which
have been achieved by state-of-the-art incinerators and emission control designs,
operations, and devices, operator training and certification, and the role of fuel
cleaning measures such as source separation and reduction of toxics in consumer products
and the waste stream, in minimizing emissions. This testimony was also submitted by the
Natural Resources Defense Council.
"Testimony on Intro. # 977-B before the New York City Council to Support Phase out
of Apartment Incinerators within four years" -- May 11, 1989. 6pp. Bill was
passed and signed June 28, 1989.
"Testimony Before the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Concerning the DEIS for Proposed Parts 219 and 360 of Title 6 of New York State's Codes,
Rules, and Regulations -- The Regulation of Incineration and Solid Waste
Facilities". Presented July 5, 1988. 10pp.
"Testimony Before the City Council Committee on Environmental Protection
Concerning Int. No. 977 -- January 21, 1988 -- Apartment, Hospital and Municipal
Incinerators" 9pp. Presented on April 26, l988. The testimony details research
completed to date on the poor combustion efficiency of apartment incinerators in Toronto
and the resulting phase-out of those units.
Comments to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Regarding Its Decision to Permit
the Use of PVC in Food Packaging without an EIS -- on behalf of NYC Department of
Sanitation. October 1987. Comments discussed the solid waste related impacts.
"New Hampshire Land Use Legislation", Prepared part of report which was
submitted as proposed legislation to the New Hampshire General Court in 1975. My
contribution defined and proposed regulation of both development in critical areas and
developments of regional impact.
Presentations
Recycling in Minority Communities in New York City, presented at
National Recycling Coalition Congress, Baltimore, MD, September 16, 2003
Recycling and waste prevention education and incentives
panelist, Recycling Roundtable,
sponsored by Citywide Recycling Advisory Board, New York, NY October 26, 2002.
"Advanced Recycling Education Workshop for recycling professionals", presented under
the auspices of the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, Malvern, PA,
August 2, 2002.
"Advanced Recycling Education Workshop for recycling professionals", presented under
the auspices of the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, State College, PA,
March 21, 2002.
Presentation to Community Board 1 regarding dangers to
public health of World Trade Center fires and collapse, November 20,
2001.
"Advanced Recycling Education Workshop for recycling professionals", presented under
the auspices of the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, Erie, PA, July 25, 2001.
"Testing the Effectiveness of Environmental Shopping Campaigns in Changing
Consumer Behavior in New York City", presented at the American Association of
Geographers' annual conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 4-7, 2000.
"The History of Waste Prevention in New York City",
presented at the plenary session of "Damming the Waste Stream", a
waste prevention conference in New York, NY, December 18, 1999.
"Multi-Family Recycling Programs: A New York City Case Study",
presented
at the National Recycling Coalition’s Eighteenth Annual Congress & Exposition,
Cincinnati, OH. September 26-29, 1999.
"The Advisory Community's Role and Recommendations to Promote Waste Prevention
Policies and Legislation in New York City", presented at the National Recycling
Coalition's Seventeenth Annual Congress & Exposition, Albuquerque, NM. September
13-16, 1998.
"Advancements in Environmental Procurement: Enacting Comprehensive New Legislation
in New York City", presented at Northeast Resource Recovery Conference,
Burlington, VT, June 2-3, 1997.
"Survey Results From a New York City Environmental Shopping Campaign",
presented at National Recycling Coalition 15th Annual Congress & Exposition,
Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 17-19, 1996.
"Survey Results From a New York City Environmental Shopping
Campaign", presented at the Northeast Resource Recovery Conference, Burlington,
VT, June 2-3, 1997 (an update of the National Recycling Coalition presentation, 9/96).
"An Overview and Discussion on Integrated Waste Management", presented at
Director’s Informal Seminar Series, Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences Institute, New Brunswick, NJ., May 8, 1995.
"Minimizing Emissions from Energy-From-Waste Plants: Optimizing Operations and
Plant Design", Hampshire County Council Seminar on Health and Emissions Issues:
Integrated Waste Management Strategy, Winchester, England, February 21, 1995.
"Fax-On-Demand and The Internet as Tools for Resource Exchanges" Chemical
Bank Conference on Reuse, New York, NY. February 2-3, 1995.
"New Jersey's Mercury Emissions Standards For Municipal Waste Combustors: A
Discussion and Critique" Mercury in the Environment: Global, Regional and State
Issues, sponsored by New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection and Health, and
USEPA, South Brunswick, NJ. October 6, 1994.
"Establishing a Sustainable Integrated Waste Management System", Seventeenth
International Madison Waste Conference, sponsored by Department of Engineering
Professional Development, University of Wisconsin -- Madison/Extension, Madison, WI,
September 21-22, 1994.
"Solid Waste Management Solutions for the U.S. and Ukraine", presented at
The American-Ukraine Conference on Environmental Study and Control, Kiev State Technical
University of Construction and Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine, September 21-26, 1993.
"Integrated MSW Planning and Decision-making in New York City: The Citizens'
Alternative Plan", AWMA South Atlantic Section's Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD,
September 10, 1992, and at the New York/New Jersey Chapter AWMA meeting, New York, NY.
September 2, 1992.
"Environmental and Energy Careers", presented at Earth Day Lecture,
Hunter College, Energy Policy Studies program, April 29, 1992.
"Solid Waste Disposal in the 21st Century", panelist featured in An Open
Forum by the Marblehead, MA League of Women Voters for a discussion of the Marblehead
Recycling/Incineration Project, and Town Meeting Articles #74 and #75. Marblehead, MA,
April 25, 1991.
"Garbage Management in New York City -- The Promise of Source Reduction",
presented at the New York City Environmental Education Conference: A Blueprint for Action,
sponsored by NYC Department of Environmental Protection, New York, NY, September 9, 1989.
The talk discussed the definition of source reduction, the percentage of the waste stream
with source reduction potential, waste generation rates here and abroad, comparative costs
for source reduction vs. other solid waste management options, and the paradox of source
reduction's top placement in the hierarchy and its lowest placement in funding for
research and programs. 36 p
"What Goes In Stays In -- Does Reduction and Separation Before Incineration
Work?" presented at Ashes To ?? -Problems, Perceptions and Prospects in Municipal
Waste Ash Management, A Cook College, Rutgers University Short Course, sponsored by NJ
Dept. of Environmental Protection, New Brunswick, NJ, June 15, 1989. Acetates for the
presentation were distributed. The talk described the available research describing the
inputs of metals and other pollution precursors in the waste stream vs. outputs in terms
of emissions and ash. 42pp
"An Introduction to Technologies for Minimizing Incinerator Emissions and The
Solid Waste Hierarchy", presented at the 1989 American Lung Association Annual
Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 17, 1989.
"MSW Incinerator Emissions, Controls, Performance and their Relationship to the
Solid Waste Hierarchy", presented at the Solid Waste Alternatives for Cincinnati
a panel discussion for citizens, sponsored by Ohio Citizens Action. Cincinnati, Ohio May
16, 1989. The session was videotaped for cable. Same materials also used earlier in the
day for briefings for the new Cincinnati County Commissioner and for the Cincinnati
Enquirer editorial board, and the previous day for a presentation for citizens in Dayton,
Ohio.
"Improving Environmental Performance of MSW Incinerators", presented at
the Fifth Annual Conference of the NYS Legislative Commission on Solid Waste Management,
January, 1989, New York, NY.
"Workshop on Incineration/Waste-to-Energy Issues", sponsored by
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC, June 28, l988. Expressed
views and provided data on advances in emissions control in the resource recovery
industry.
The Solid Waste Dilemma: An Agenda for Action EPA Solid Waste Task Force,
Washington, DC. September, 1988. Provided advance guidance and early peer review by
invitation.
Panel Discussion on Ash Management Alternatives, ASME Biennial Meeting of the Solid
Waste Processing Division, Philadelphia, PA. May, 1988.
"Minimizing Emissions From Resource Recovery" presented the New England
APCA Conference on Incinerator Emissions, Wakefield, MA, April 1988.
"Minimizing Emissions From Resource Recovery" presented at the Air Toxics
Panel/Forum sponsored by the Center for Clean Air Policy, April, 1988.
"Emissions Control Options From Waste-To-Energy Plants -- A Review",
presented
at the Conference on Solid Waste Management and Materials Policy, New York, NY. Feb.
11-14, l987. Paper describes the stoker, grate, furnace and emission control designs,
their use and demonstrated efficiency in reducing emissions of particulate, acid gases,
heavy metals and organics from resource recovery plants. Specific operating practices to
minimize these emissions are also described.
"Flue Gases: Constituents, Monitoring, and Controls", -- presented at the
Solid Waste Short Course sponsored by University of Maine/Maine DEP, October 20-22, l986,
Portland, ME. Lecture discussed the major air pollutants from incinerators, their effects,
amounts typically emitted, and the efficacy of various control strategies. Also covered:
state resource recovery emission requirements and continuous emission monitoring.
"Emission Control Technologies For Resource Recovery", presented at the
Brooklyn Subsection of the American Chemical Society's Symposium on Environmental
Pollution in the Urban Area, Brooklyn Polytechnic University, March 15, l986. Paper
explores the removal efficiency of various emission control devices used on resource
recovery plants for the pollutants of concern. A major finding was that when emission
control devices are operated at temperatures below about 150oC, 99% or more removal
efficiency has been achieved for all the emissions of concern, including dioxins.
"The Impact of the Dioxin Issue on Resource Recovery in the United States" presented
by co-author, Norman Steisel, at Elmia Waste Treatment 85 Conference, Fifth International
Exhibition and Conferences on Waste Treatment, Recovery of Materials and Energy, Public
Cleansing and Waste Research. Jonkoping, Sweden, September 23-27, l985.
"Dioxin Control Technologies for Resource Recovery", presented at the New
York State Association for Solid Waste Management's Conference, Binghamton, NY, October 1,
l984. Paper explores the various schools of thought regarding dioxin control in resource
recovery plants based on theory, laboratory data, and plant test data. Current theories
included: thermal destruction in the furnace, chemisorption of condensation of dioxin on
fine particulate and particulate removal in control devices, prior separation of
chlorine-bearing constituents in the waste, and molecular destruction through intimate
reaction with molten salts.
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Radio and Television; Magazines, Newspapers
(Full List 2001-)
Radio Debate
with Winston Porter on Mayor Bloomberg's proposed reductions in metal, glass
and plastics recycling,
moderated by Brian Lehrer, a half-hour program aired on WNYC Radio, New
York, NY. February 15, 2002.
Waste Prevention Roundtable, a half-hour program aired on WCBS-AM radio, with
representatives from the NYC Dept. of Sanitation and INFORM, March 2, 1996.
Radio Interview with New York City Department of Sanitation's Commissioner, Emily
Lloyd, regarding New York City's Draft Solid Waste Management Plan and Recycle First, the
citizens' alternative plan, WNYC Radio, May 6, 1992, 1 hour.
Interview on New York City's Waste Disposal Crisis, for West German TV, aired on
November 4, l988.
Featured on the Cover of Money Magazine, and in feature article dealing with energy
technologies as an emerging job field, June 1981.
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