Waste and Disposal

December 14, 2025

The Problem with Plastic

Let the threat of an incinerator in our community be the push that catapults us all into the ZERO WASTE/ZERO PLASTIC movement!

Here are some guidelines to help your family achieve Zero Waste AND Zero Plastic ~ By Jane Cyphers

August 19, 2025

URGENT! Comment by August 22 to Stop the Sullivan County Incinerator

INCINERATOR ACTION ALERT!!!

Sullivan County has issued a Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for companies to submit proposals for a “Waste-to-Energy” facility (an incinerator) to be built in Sullivan County on the site of the old landfill in Monticello.

While …

May 26, 2025

Incinerator Proposal in Sullivan County Continues

Last September 14 we posted extensive information related to the Sullivan County Legislature proposing to build a so-called “waste-to- energy” incinerator in eastern Sullivan County to solve Sullivan County’s waste disposal problem citing concerns about the pending loss of the …

December 3, 2024

Advocacy Day, Jan. 28, to Reduce Plastic Waste in NYS

NY Is Not Disposable!
Download this article as a pdf.
Download the Advocacy Day flyer as a pdf.

Got waste?

We all do, and way too much of it. And 40% of New York’s waste stream consists of discarded packaging.…

November 1, 2024

Let’s Achieve Zero Waste AND Zero Plastic

Let the threat of an incinerator in our community be the push that catapults us all into the ZERO WASTE/ZERO PLASTIC movement!

These are the guidelines I use to help my family reach Zero Waste AND Zero Plastic:
Download the

September 14, 2024

NO Incinerator for the Catskills!

Even though the first comment period is over, your comments will still have an impact if sent to the attention of the legislators – addressed to your own Sullivan County legislator as well as to recycling@sullivanny.us.


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May 18, 2024

Dumped On: Do YOU Live in a DEP Disposal Facility?

PRESS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    Release date: May 18, 2024
Contact: B. Arrindell, dcs@DamascusCitizens.org, 845-252-6677
 

Do You Live in a DEP Disposal Facility?
237 places in PA and 8 in NY are!

Download the full press release, with references

January 10, 2024

Should Toxic Gas Drilling Waste Be Spread on PA Roads?

Should toxic wastewater from gas drilling be spread on PA roads as a dust and snow suppressant? Members of a gas industry advisory council would like the Department of Environmental Protection to consider the practice. The DEP has yet to
August 3, 2023

Take A Deep Breath! Now Think What You Just Inhaled. If You Live Along A Dirt Road You Could Be Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater.

Guest essay by Siri Lawson, who lives along a dirt road in northwest PA.
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 2, 2023

We have dodged this particular bullet here in the Delaware River Basin, thanks in part to

July 29, 2023

DCS Opposes Proposed Injection Well in Fayette Co., PA

UPDATE (8/7/23): G2 STEM LLC has withdrawn its application for this injection well permit!

Read background information in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.


DCS has submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the issuance of a permit for an injection …

May 14, 2023

When We Need a Lawyer to Get the Job Done

When we need a lawyer to get the job done.


DCS has worked with some excellent environmental attorneys over the years, the latest being Lauren Williams, to keep fracking out of the Delaware River Basin. Together, with your support,

May 13, 2023

How Niggling About a Definition Kept Poison Out of Your Backyard

What’s in a name? How niggling about a definition kept poison out of your backyard.


Sharp eyes at DCS, and brilliant legal advocacy, get the DRBC to close a gaping loophole in their regulations, keeping toxic frack waste out

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