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marine transfer stationResidents of Manhattan’s <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/amali-is-the-upper-east-sides-newest-and-greenest-mediterranean-dining-experience/">Upper East Side</a> are fuming over the Marine Transfer Station that is being planned to transport garbage in and out of a location at East 91st St. Opponents of the facility <a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/tomkiewiczs11/asphalt-green/">are mainly concerned</a> about the station's proximity to a local community hub where thousands of children play. According to protesters, the new transfer station will create <a href="http://sanetrash.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Health-Report-FINAL-FINAL.pdf">negative health impacts</a> like increased asthma risks and other respiratory issues in addition to noise, odors, harm to the river and increased traffic in the neighborhood. Despite the city's refusal to stop the project, parents and concerned community groups are still battling the resurrected 1930s transfer station, which will be seeing 5,280 tons of garbage per day if all goes according to plan.1
marine transfer stationResidents of Manhattan’s <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/amali-is-the-upper-east-sides-newest-and-greenest-mediterranean-dining-experience/">Upper East Side</a> are fuming over the Marine Transfer Station that is being planned to transport garbage in and out of a location at East 91st St. Opponents of the facility <a href="http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/tomkiewiczs11/asphalt-green/">are mainly concerned</a> about the station's proximity to a local community hub where thousands of children play. According to protesters, the new transfer station will create <a href="http://sanetrash.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Health-Report-FINAL-FINAL.pdf">negative health impacts</a> like increased asthma risks and other respiratory issues in addition to noise, odors, harm to the river and increased traffic in the neighborhood. Despite the city's refusal to stop the project, parents and concerned community groups are still battling the resurrected 1930s transfer station, which will be seeing 5,280 tons of garbage per day if all goes according to plan.2


