Recycling in public housing: The Syracuse Housing Authority
- Onondaga Country Resource Recovery Agency, North Syracuse, NY (United States)
- Syracuse Housing Agency, NY (United States)
The mission of the Syracuse Housing Authority (SHA, Syracuse, N.Y.) is to provide clean, safe, and affordable housing for low-income citizens of the city of Syracuse. In doing so, it has worked to be innovative. SHA owns and manages 12 federally funded housing developments and one New York state-funded project, in addition to managing two buildings owned by the city. After nearly 60 years of success in providing affordable housing in the Syracuse area, the pioneering SHA took on another daunting mission in the 1990s: modernization of waste collection and recycling. By the beginning of 1990, SHA was facing two mandates: to initiate a recycling program by July 1, as mandated by Onondaga County law, and to reduce its trash bill significantly.
- OSTI ID:
- 419618
- Journal Information:
- Waste Age, Journal Name: Waste Age Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 28; ISSN WAGEAE; ISSN 0043-1001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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