New York City handles nearly 3 million tons of trash a year. And much of it ends up on the curb in loose plastic bags — before getting shipped to landfills outside of the city altogether, on barges and then trains. This system costs the city around $500 million a year. So, can the largest city in the United States modernize its waste management?
WSJ explores how experts and city officials plan to tackle New York City’s giant trash problem.
Chapters:
0:00 NYC’s trash problem
0:34 Possible solutions
1:10 Background on why the problem exists
1:59 What the sanitation department does now
3:34 The bigger problem: transfers, exports and landfills
6:13 The bigger solution
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