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This is What Happens to NYC’s 3.2 Million Tons of Trash

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This is what happens to NYC’s 3.2 million tons of trash as none of it 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 USD a year — to get it there.

 

 

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