dirtiest megaity Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 12 May 2015 19:25:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New York is the Dirtiest Megacity in the World, Scientists Say https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-dirtiest-city/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-dirtiest-city/#comments Tue, 12 May 2015 19:25:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54736 New York City was declared the world’s leader in total amount of solid waste disposal, leaving behind all the usual suspects, including Mumbai, Mexico city and Moscow, way behind. Overflowing garbage containers, landfill sites that are now mountain-high, not enough incineration plants, and wrong (or non-existent) recycling practices, these are the painfully typical problems of most cities around […]

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