New York Coalition of Recycling Enterprises, Inc. v. City of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward J. Greenfield, J.

When T.S. Eliot asked, in The Waste Land:

"What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow

"Out of this stony rubbish? * * *

"You cannot say, or guess, for you know only

"A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,

"And the dead tree gives no shelter”,

he was obviously not referring to the waste at dump sites and disposal facilities. The words are apt, however, for in this case, those who operate such facilities contend that their ability to metamorphize "stony rubbish” and to create new life from waste is being impeded, in contravention of law and…