New York’s Trash Challenge
The more than 10,000 tons of garbage that New York City produces a day are taking a rising toll—in higher municipal spending, the city’s carbon footprint, burdens on neighborhoods and impact on landfill communities from upstate to Kentucky. Can New York come up with a better way to take out the trash?
Adi Talwar
Sanitation trucks parked at a New York City of Department of Sanitation facility on Varick Avenue in Brooklyn.
KNOW MORE, WASTE LESS