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  2. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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    New York City is a hotbed of canning activity largely due to the city's high population density mixed with New York State's container deposit laws. [18] Canning remains a contentious issue in NYC with the canners often facing pushback from the city government, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and other recycling collection companies ...

  3. Fresh Kills Landfill - Wikipedia

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    The landfill opened in 1948 as a temporary landfill, but by 1955 it had become the largest landfill in the world, [2] and it remained so until its closure in 2001. At the peak of its operation, in 1986, Fresh Kills received 29,000 short tons (26,000 t) of residential waste per day, playing a key part in the New York City waste management system ...

  4. New York City Department of Sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The DSNY is the primary operator of the New York City waste management system. [2] The department's motto. "New York's Strongest", was coined by Harry Nespoli, long-time President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 831, to describe the Department of Sanitation's football team in the late 1970s to early 1980s. [3]

  5. Massive NYC landfill-to-park project hits a milestone; first ...

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    Efforts to turn what was once the largest landfill site in the world into a public park hit a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials ...

  6. Edgemere Landfill - Wikipedia

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    Edgemere Park was conceived for the landfill site in the 1950s by New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, as part of the infrastructure for the adjacent Edgemere Houses housing project. The site, along with several other planned parks in the city, continued operations as a landfill in order to fill the marshland for park development.

  7. Lawmakers to Hochul: Shut down NY's largest landfill. Why ...

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    Texas-based Waste Connections is petitioning the state Department of Environmental Conservation to allow it to use another 47 acres of the 350-acre landfill to dump garbage and increase the ...