Brooklyn Community Board 5’s Environment and Sanitation Committee deals with local issues involving the NYC Department of Environmental Protection and the NYC Department of Sanitation. The goal of the Committee is to advocate for a cleaner, healthier environment. The matters within the Committee’s purview include the following: drinking water supply, distribution and quality, sewage/wastewater system, energy conservation and efficiency, air, water and noise pollution, protection of natural resources and ecology, hazardous substance management, trash collection and disposal, street cleaning, snow and ice removal, vacant lot cleaning, illegal signage, littering and illegal dumping of trash, recycling, graffiti removal and abatement, canine-waste enforcement, pest control, and derelict and abandoned vehicles.