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Hits MTA For Failing to Consult Over ChangesBorough President Howard Golden has urged T ransit Authority President David Gunn not to send proposed Service Guidelines and Procedures to the M etropolitan T ransportation Authority Board for a vote before re-exam ining them with transit experts, tran sit advocates, public officials and legal staff. H ie three reports involve local bus schedule guidelines, local bus schedule guidelines about the span of service and route spacing, and service change procedures.Golden says th at the T ransit Authority produced its guidelines and collected data on ridership without incorporating outside expertise or suggestions found in other public docum ents. He pointed specifically to the Brooklyn T ransit Service Studies released by his office in 19ffi th at used criteria not included in the TA proposals, such as the effects of road conditions, dispatching and erratic p erform ance.In a strongly-worded letter to Gunn, Golden said, %u201c H iis long aw aited effort hasfailed in several ways to address planning, scheduling and routing needs of our transit system and m ay have a profound effect on the economic well being and the quality of life on all Brooklyn residents.%u201dGolden also called for com m unity board participation in all aspects of the analytical process, including the developm ent of route counting procedures, the analysis of data, and the developm ent of service modifications.%u201c The fact th at these guidelines a re not undergoing extensive scrutiny through any official public hearing process clearly indicates to m e th at m anagem ent is less interested in service im provem ents than it is in quietly e s ta b lis h e d a m echanism to justify cuts. Under its lease agreem ent with the City of New York, the T ransit Authority is obligated to present route m odification to the B oard of E stim ate for approval or denial. I expect a full review ,%u201d Golden said.Recycling Effort Supported by Local CenterBY LISA BROWNM any consum er products are packaged in containers th at can be returned to the superm ark et for cash or deposited at a recycling center. Such a center exists a t 96 Atlantic Avenue.According to David Hurd of the E nvironm ental Action Com mittee, whether a m aterial can be easily recycled depends, in large p art, upon its chem ical composition. But there a re economic and political factors th at also influence recycling and effect a depository%u2019s survival. For example, new spaper and m etal cans can be recycled with relative ease. Yet because of m arket dem ands, recyclers tend to desire m ore m etal and less new spaper. Therefore, recycling centers receive relatively little money for the new spaper they collect.Ironically, the New York City Bottle Bill has also cut into the cen ter%u2019s profits, although people continue to deposit unreturnable glass containers a t recycling centers, they now bring m any of their bottles to stores for money.The Boerum Hill Center, like m any other recycling centers around New York City, barely earn s enough m oney to operate. Open only on S aturday%u2019s between 10am and 2pm, this depository survives because dedicated people run it and a num ber of contentious people deposit containers despite the limited store hours. F urtherm ore, 96 Atlantic Avenue is owned by Long Island Hospital which provides it with free rent and even free heat in the winter.The center is approxim ately the size of a deli or pharm acy. Stacks of old new spapers lie in neat bundles behind a counter. B arrels containing glass, alum inum and steel containers line the walls. Before they are brought to the Center, containers should berinsed to rem ove liquid and food particles. Any m etal caps and rings m ust be rem oved from bottles and while it is helpful to rem ove labels, the center does not require it. Cardboard boxes a re accepted as well but plastic containers a re not and aerosol cans are flatly refused because they are combustible.The depository separates bottles and cans according to color of glass or type of m etal. C lear, green and brown glass bottles have a different chem ical composition that, if combined with other colors, could adversely effect the m elting and molding processs and the final product itself. Sim ilarly, alum inium , steel and tin containers m ust be divided into th eir respective categories.Once the glass is sorted, it is crushed on site. The glass crusher consists of a barrell topped with a heavy m etal chute. Bottles are sent down this chute to the b arrel where they a re sm ashed by whirling blades. After all the sorting and crushing is com pleted, scrap dealers collect the m aterial and sell it to companies that m elt it down and m old it into new products. F or exam ple, glass has been used in pipe covering and road paving.Recycling and cutting down on w aste is im %u00adportant for our environm ent. New York%u2019s F resh Kills Landfill on Staten Island is one of the largest in the world. At 3,000 acres, th a t%u2019s a lot of garbage and it is rapidly overflowing. If we are to reduce the hazards posed by these landfills, then we m ust lim it the w aste we produce and support our local recycling centers.The Boerum Hill Recycling Center islocated at N Atlantic Avenue and is openSaturdays from 11-2. The center acceptsdonations of glass, aluminum, steel andcardboard. 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M ^ t / r V I 1/J O H J I I C V J d 0-411 uEconomic NewsBy the NY State Press AssociationHelp to FixUp YourHomeFind It EveryW eek in theNeighborhoodService C lassifiedsJune 19, 1986, THE PHOENIX, Page 35