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  2. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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    New York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system primarily run by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The department maintains the waste collection infrastructure and hires public and private contractors who remove the city's waste. For the city's population of more than eight million, The DSNY collects ...

  3. Fresh Kills Landfill - Wikipedia

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    New York's municipal incinerators peaked in capacity with 21 plants in 1937 and declined during World War II when salvage and conservation programs reduced the use and discard of combustible materials. The result was the closing of nine of the city's incinerators and a sharp reduction in the combustion of waste by 1944. By 1946, only ten ...

  4. New York City Department of Sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is the department of the government of New York City [1] responsible for garbage collection, recycling collection, street cleaning, and snow removal. The DSNY is the primary operator of the New York City waste management system. [2] The department's motto.

  5. FBI searching for bodies said to be connected to Gambino ...

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    The search — 65 miles northwest of midtown Manhattan — is linked to the arrests last week of 10 people accused of strong-arming their way into New York City garbage hauling and demolition ...

  6. Mobro 4000 - Wikipedia

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    Mobro 4000. The Mobro 4000 was a barge owned by MOBRO Marine, Inc. made infamous in 1987 for hauling the same load of trash along the east coast of North America from New York City to Belize and back until a way was found to dispose of the garbage. During this journey, local press often referred to the Mobro 4000 as the " Gar-barge ".

  7. Westchester can't tolerate its largest polluter — the ...

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    Peekskill, New York, which lives in the shadow of Westchester County’s largest industrial polluter isn’t celebrating four decades of trash burning.

  8. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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    The first incinerator was built in Nottingham in 1874, despite initial opposition. New York City became the first U.S. city with public-sector garbage management in 1895. Early garbage removal trucks were horse-drawn, later evolving into motorized vehicles with hydraulic compactors by the 1930s.

  9. ‘Nobody wants it’: Community speaks out in hearing ahead of ...

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    The aging facility that burned down last year in Doral processed half of the county’s trash. The new incinerator will cost $1.5 billion and potentially be capable of turning 4,000 tons a day of ...

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