Global InformationBrookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group information
| Formation | 2020 |
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| Founder | Hannah Thomas, Dennis Nix, Monique Fitzgerald |
| Location |
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Key people | Abena Asare, Kerim Odekon, and Michelle Mendez |
| Website | https://www.landfillaction.org/ |
The Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group (BLARG) is a grassroots environmental justice organization that is seeking to close and clean up the toxic 140-acre Brookhaven Landfill (1974 - present).[1][2] BLARG's mission is to support direct efforts to attain environmental justice in the North Bellport community through the implementation of local and regional waste plans that are equitable, sustainable, measurable, and public.[3]
North Bellport is a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood, that also has the lowest life expectancy on Long Island, as well as the second-highest rates of asthma in Suffolk County.[1][4] Every year, about 720,000 tons of construction and demolition waste and about 350,000 tons of incinerator ash from across Long Island is dumped into the Brookhaven Landfill, which is regarded as being the main reason for the dangerous health effects in the community.[5]
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