megavideolinks
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 Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:22 am Post subject: Environmental concerns |
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The lack of a long-term solution to waste disposal raises the potential for significant environmental problems. For
example, continued reliance on long distance trucking will increase both increase fuel consumption and air pollutant
emissions. Long distance exportation of garbage raises the potential for an environmental calamity should a train
or barge fail to transport its cargo to its destination safely. Furthermore, continued focus on landfilling outside the
City's borders can result in an "out of sight, out of mind" overlooking of the need for waste diversion and recycling.
Fundamentally, the report concludes that these vulnerabilities make it imperative for the City to look beyond its
20-year interim plan to begin a long-term planning process to put the City's waste disposal operations on a solid
footing. The City planners should "think big," as they did 100 years ago when faced with a similar need to
address the City's water infrastructure needs. "Thinking big" would include consideration of a wide range of technologies (detailed in this report) which could transform the City's approach to waste disposal. The City must
strive for an integrated approach and consider a variety of technical approaches to waste management in areas
such as increased recovery of materials (by recycling) and increased recovery of energy (by combustion). As discussed in this report, there are a wide range of advances in waste management technology that, under appropriate
Life after Fresh Kills: Policy, Technical and Environmental Considerations.
Earth Engineering Center and Urban Habitat Project, Columbia University, December 1, 2001
icircumstances, could offer both economic and environmental advantages to New York City's current waste exportation approach.
While the City's activities of the last few years have managed to soften the impact of the Fresh Kills closing for
the present time, the need remains for a long-term plan to solve the City's waste disposal problems. Given the
significant challenges of political consensus building, the process of devising a creative solution for New York
City's residential waste disposal challenges must begin immediately
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