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New York City Waste

A Journey Into The Fresh Kills Landfill

NARRATIVE.LY | Posted 11.14.2012 | New York
Read More: New-York-City-Sanitation, Ny News, New York City Landfills, New York City Trash, New York City Waste, New York News, Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, New York News

Salty mud, punctuated by plastic bottles and an oily sheen, sucked at our feet as Marie Lorenz and I walked her rowboat down to the Arthur Kill, a tid...

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NYC Takes the Garbage Out

Steven Cohen | Posted 03.18.2012 | Green
Read More: Sustainability, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Waste Management, State of the City, Waste Management Nyc, Nyc Waste Management, New York City Waste, New York City Waste Management, Green News
Steven Cohen

New York City's leaders have run the numbers and understand that shipping garbage to distant landfills is not only bad for the planet; it's bad for the pocketbook.

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ReBuilders Source Revived Waste In New York City's Dumping Ground (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Recycling, Green Worker Cooperatives, Rebuilders Source, South Bronx, New York City Trash, Reuse, New York City Waste, South Bronx Waste, Bronx Trash, Green Living, Green News

Just because you're not using something doesn't mean it's trash. That's the message ReBuilders Source wants you to hear. VJ Movement went to the worke...

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