State-local conflict over recycling sites
Environmental issues have become paramount for Yaphank residents after recycling sites neighbors reported foul odors coming from the sites. Courtesy: News 12 (June 8, 2011)
Worrisome Yaphank recycling sites
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Two recycling sites near the Yaphank Historic District where machinery gobbles up tree stumps and tunnel rock, generating towering piles of mulch and gravel, are emblematic of a growing state-local conflict on Long Island.
Heavy trucks bound for the two operations rumble down wooded East Main Street, past 19th century structures in an area zoned for residential use. Neighbors said that over...
