new york trash 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-dirtiest-city/feed/ 1 54736 New York City Produces Less Trash, But Costs Remain the Same https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-city-produces-less-trash-but-costs-remain-the-same-20121214/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-city-produces-less-trash-but-costs-remain-the-same-20121214/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:17:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29817 Trash, a common sight in New York City, is actually not nearly as common as in decades earlier. Still, garbage trucks by the hundreds daily haul out tons of the stuff. Of course, this is normal in a city of 11+ million residents. Compared to the year 2000, actually, New Yorkers are producing about a […]

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