 The plan was an immediate non-starter, however, as the cost was prohibitive.Ivy City's problems appeared to worsen in March 1997 when American Environmental Solutions, a trash hauling firm, opened a trash collection and transfer station at 1000 Kendall Street NE.Residents of Ivy City were outraged, and their anger worsened when they discovered in May that the city did not require a permit for trash transfer facilities in combined-zoning neighborhoods.