WEnvironmental issues in New York City are affected by the city's size, density, abundant public transportation infrastructure, and location at the mouth of the Hudson River.
WGreen Maps are locally created environmentally themed maps with a universal symbol set and map-making resources provided by the non-profit Green Map System. Based on the principles of cartography a Green Map plots the locations of a community's natural, cultural and sustainable resources such as recycling centers, heritage sites, community gardens, toxic waste sites and socially conscious businesses.
WNew York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system largely run by the New York City Department of Sanitation who maintain the waste collection infrastructure and hire the public and private contractors who dispose of 10,000s of pounds a day of waste created by New York City's population of more than eight million.
WPeggy Shepard is co-founder and executive director of the not-for-profit WE ACT for Environmental Justice in New York in the USA. She has been involved with organizing environmental protection campaigns in and around New York since the 1980s, and also works on many social action committees.
WThe South Bronx Greenway is a project to improve waterfront access, recreational facilities, and transportation systems, including pedestrian and bicycle paths, in the South Bronx. The project was announced by Michael Bloomberg in 2006.
WSure We Can is a non-profit redemption center based in Brooklyn, New York.
WSustainable South Bronx (SSBx) is a non-profit workforce development and environmental justice solutions organization in New York City's South Bronx neighborhood, founded by Majora Carter in 2001. Today, it is a division of the Brooklyn-based workforce development organization,The HOPE Program.
WWE ACT for Environmental Justice is a nonprofit environmental justice organization based in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The organization was founded in March 1988 to mobilize community opposition to the city's operation of the North River Sewage Treatment Plant, and the siting of the sixth bus depot in Northern Manhattan.