NYC's Tons of Trash Is Brought to Energy Facilities, Landfills
But none of NYC's trash is processed within city limits. It costs the Department of Sanitation $429 million a year to export its refuse to waste-to-energy facilities and landfills as far away as Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Here's how New Yorkers' trash makes it from curb to incinerator. Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is just three days' worth of trash — most coming from New York City. And that claw is taking it to be burned into electricity. But we're not actually in New York City — we're in Jersey. Patricia Earls: Once the garbageman comes and picks it up, ...
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