Where Does the Garbage Go? - 0 views
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New York City and its surrounding boroughs are responsible for generating 12,000 tons (that’s right…tons!) of garbage each day.
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Jett Ankermann on 28 Jan 11Holy......
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carted off to landfills
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Many years ago, trash was burned in incinerators, but they didn’t meet the air standards of the EPA and they didn’t generate much power.
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“Then there were landfills, but we had to close many of them down because they were filled.”
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Bloomberg explains that under the new plan, there will be four new marine waste transfer stations built and up to five rail waste transfer stations activated.
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will travel nearly six million fewer miles every year—and New Yorkers will have cleaner air and safer streets.”
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“Some of the ingredients of diesel fuel are carcinogenic.”
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New natural gas fleets have come into operation in Paris, Madrid and Mechlun, Belgium.
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“Clean, renewable energy through the combustion of municipal solid waste in specially designed power plants equipped with the most modern pollution control equipment to clean emissions.”
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“Everything we do with garbage will cause pollution,
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“If you burn waste at a very high temperature,” he says, “there is little exhaust.”
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So the next time you consider throwing away scraps and trash consider where it might end up.