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 Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:22 am Post subject: Executive Summary |
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This report is the result of a unique interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty and students of Columbia
University and academic, governmental and environmental experts from the New York region. A research project
of Columbia University's Earth Institute, Earth Engineering Center, and the Urban Habitat Project at the Center
for Urban Research and Policy of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, the report examines New
York City's current waste disposal plan and the impact of the Fresh Kills landfill closing. The report concludes
that New York City faces a critical period over the next few years during which it must come to grips with its
long-term waste disposal needs both from a public policy and a technical perspective.
While the report takes no position as to the appropriateness of the city's current waste export plan in the
short-term, it does conclude that long-term this plan leaves the city vulnerable to a wide range of problems
including dramatic cost increases and environmental degradation. Specifically, after the closing of Fresh Kills,
the City now faces:
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