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“It’s an issue with statewide implications. Not only does Seneca Meadows accept trash from all around New York—30 percent of it comes from New York City—the landfill exports toxic leachate…

ByAnne Rabe

ByYvonne Taylor 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Government Opinion

Opinion: Reducing the City’s Waste Output is Good for New York State

“Addressing New York City’s organic waste output isn’t just about keeping our streets rodent free. It’s about communities across the country where our waste ends up in polluting incinerators and…

BySandy Nurse

ByAnna Kelles 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Government Transportation

Outsourced NYC Trash is Causing a ‘Never-Ending Odor Event’ Upstate, Lawsuit Alleges

Residents in upstate New York are putting a new statewide constitutional right to its first test in two lawsuits filed this spring, alleging that a landfill receiving garbage from the…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

09

Mar 2022

Climate and Environment Government

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Think Outside the Composting Box

‘Mayor Adams has taken on the admirable challenge of promoting plant-based diets because of their health benefits to individuals. In many ways, composting and healthy eating go hand-in-hand, improving human…

ByNancy Holt

ByCalder Orr 1Comment

08

Jun 2016

In Depth

Saving NYC’s Food Waste From Both Landfill and Compost

While composting food waste is better that simply burying it in landfills, both techniques have their costs, and both involve a fundamental failure: The food could have been eaten.

ByGuglielmo Mattioli 2Comments

09

Feb 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
How New Yorkers can Reach Towards ‘Zero Waste’ this Year

It might take the city years to get to its zero-waste-to-landfills goal. But you can buy, sell, swap, rent, lease, share, fix, donate, reuse, recycle and rethink your way to…

ByMaggie Clarke and Jacquelyn Ottman 1Comment

17

Nov 2015

Uncategorized

City Aims for Zero Waste, but Inks Long-Term Deal with Upstate Landfill

The $3.3 billion, 20-year plan to send Brooklyn garbage to the Seneca Meadows landfill illustrates the growing costs of burying trash.

ByCole Rosengren 4Comments

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May 2015

Uncategorized

Landfill Legacies in New York City

A multimedia look at the past, present and future of waste in New York City.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2015

Investigations

Life Near a Landfill: The Towns and People Who End Up with NYC Trash

From upstate Seneca County to the banks of the Delaware River, people who live near landfills and trash-burning energy plants are parsing Mayor de Blasio’s “zero waste” pledge—and taking action…

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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May 2015

Investigations

How NYC Can Learn from Other Cities’ Work Toward Zero Waste

Seattle, Boulder and Ljubljana (that’s in Slovenia) have employed approaches that New York City might find instructive as it chases Mayor de Blasio’s “zero waste to landfills” goal.

ByLiridona Duraku 5Comments

Opinion: State Waste Management Plan Must Include Closing Seneca Meadows Landfill

Opinion: Reducing the City’s Waste Output is Good for New York State

Outsourced NYC Trash is Causing a ‘Never-Ending Odor Event’ Upstate, Lawsuit Alleges

Opinion: It’s Time for NYC to Think Outside the Composting Box

Saving NYC’s Food Waste From Both Landfill and Compost

CityViews:
How New Yorkers can Reach Towards ‘Zero Waste’ this Year

City Aims for Zero Waste, but Inks Long-Term Deal with Upstate Landfill

Landfill Legacies in New York City

Life Near a Landfill: The Towns and People Who End Up with NYC Trash

How NYC Can Learn from Other Cities’ Work Toward Zero Waste

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