Far beneath the 2,200 acres of freshkills’ grass and soil, a gas. The fresh kills landfill on staten island was once the world’s largest dumping site, receiving around 30,000 tns of waste every day! Dumps have been turned into energy projects that transform landfill gas into fuel.
Landfill Reclaimation Fresh Kills Park Develops as a Natural Coastal
Staten island’s freshkills, once a dumping ground for new yorkers, is now a breathtaking park.
Because you can't see staten island from outer space, how could you possibly see a facility that probably occupies less than 1 percent of staten island's landmass?
More than 500 former u.s. Fresh kills landfill, once the dumping site for all of new york city’s garbage, was a place that once terrorized staten islanders with odors and the sight of trash mounds said to. By capping the trash site with plastic, covering it with soil, and planting. Nineteen years later, the city is transforming it into a park.
Closed in 2001, the area is now being. The first phase was opened to the public in october, according to msn. After 9/11, staten island’s defunct fresh kills landfill became a forensic site for ground zero debris. The former fresh kills landfill in staten island is turning into a public park that will accept visitors in 2021.
