Every day New York City picks up 12,000 tons of refuse and recycling. How does all this trash go from the garbage can to its final destination? Former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson is here to explain.
What Happens to Trash? What Is a Landfill? Getting Approval to Build a Landfill Parts of a Landfill How Landfills Operate How Much Trash Does the U.S. Generate? Of the 292.4 million tons (265.3 million metric tons) per year of trash that the U.S. generated in 2018, the most re...
What Happens to Trash? What Is a Landfill? Getting Approval to Build a Landfill Parts of a Landfill How Landfills Operate How Much Trash Does the U.S. Generate? Of the 292.4 million tons (265.3 million metric tons) per year of trash that the U.S. generated in 2018, the most re...
What Happens to Trash? What Is a Landfill? Getting Approval to Build a Landfill Parts of a Landfill How Landfills Operate How Much Trash Does the U.S. Generate? Of the 292.4 million tons (265.3 million metric tons) per year of trash that the U.S. generated in 2018, the most re...
Consequently, this adds up toabout 5 trillion a year, and most end up in landfills. Clearly, we can do better. Plastic bags are mainly made from polyethylene, a material that takes centuries to degrade. Even worse, less than 9% of these bags are recycled. As a result, our planet is ...
Wildly popular with consumers, recycling in the U.S. is in crisis right now, particularly for plastics. Many of the items we try to recycle end up in landfills. A recent KAKE news project tracked the recycling crisis, literally. KAKE staff attached GPS trackers to four different plastic bags...
What Happens to Trash? What Is a Landfill? Getting Approval to Build a Landfill Parts of a Landfill How Landfills Operate How Much Trash Does the U.S. Generate? Of the 292.4 million tons (265.3 million metric tons) per year of trash that the U.S. generated in 2018, the most re...
For example, many communities have curbside pickup for trash and recycling. The recycled things may be collected in a single bin or need to be sorted by type: metals, plastics, papers, and yard waste. Some communities have curbside recycling for small and major appliances while others don’t...
By composting on campus, colleges may reduce the amount of organic waste that ends up in landfills or incinerators while also assisting students in understanding ideas like decomposition and energy cycles. If your campus doesn’t have a composting program, try to start one. The...
Today, impermeable clay caps and plastic sheeting prevent much of this run off, making the landfills much safer than they were just a few decades ago. Still, any leachate is too much if it's draining into your neighborhood. New Goods Use Up Resources Making a brand-new product without any...