VIDEO: What Happens To NYC’s 3.2 Million Tons Of Trash | Big Business
Business Insider – March 21, 2121
New York City is one of the most wasteful cities in the world. But none of its trash is actually processed in NYC.
It’s sent to waste-to-energy facilities and landfills as far away as Ohio and South Carolina. It takes a vast network of sanitation workers, trucks, trains, cranes, and barges — and $429 million a year — to get it there.
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Landfills are ticking time bombs. In Europe landfills are forbidden and the trash ends up in incinerators. The heat generated from burning trash is used for power production or to heat neighbourhoods in the winter. Guyana should build one or two garbage incinerators and stopp disposing garbage in landfills.