Opponents of Plastics Plant Mount Petition Drive Before Public Hearing in Orangetown

PEARL RIVER, NY — As a hearing looms on Aluf Plastics, a group called Clean Air for Orangetown has started gathering signatures online for a petition to ask local and county officials to force the plastic bag manufacturing company to stop its noxious chemical emissions.

Neighbors of Aluf Plastics, a 500,000 square foot facility with 70 extruders on Route 303, say because of the plastic-chemical odors, they can't use their yards and have to keep their windows closed. They are also concerned about the health implicationsof the emissions.

And they're very concerned because they say it's going on despite the fact that the company has been cited by the town and the state.

See or sign the petition here.

The factory will be a topic at the upcoming Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The ZBA will hold a hearing at Aluf Plastics' request:

ZBA#16-85: Application of Aluf Plastics requesting the Zoning Board of Appeals’ review, and determination, of conformance with the Town of Orangetown Zoning Code (Orangetown Code Chapter 43) Section 4.1 Performance Standards including but not limited to Sections 4.164 & 4.182: review of the cumulative operations and equipment being employed at the site. The building is located at 2 Glenshaw Drive, Orangeburg, New York and are identified on the Orangetown Tax Map as Section 70.18, Block 2, Lot 15; in the LI zoning district.

It is one of seven items on the hearing agenda. According to the ZBA website, the hearing will begin at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at Greenbush Auditorium 20 Greenbush Road in Orangeburg.

However, the Rockland County Times reports the meeting may be at Town Hall instead.

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