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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums80,000 cu. ft of debris
have been collected, so far, from the Jersey shores following Sandy. And no one knows what is still down there. This is why some of the beaches are still closed. As reported yesterday on NBC News.
What I wonder is what was done with all the debris. Land fills? In the densely populated New Jersey?
Just wondering.
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80,000 cu. ft of debris (Original Post)
question everything
Jul 2013
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)1. It sounds like a lot but that's only a cube 43 feet on a side
The cube root of 80,000 is roughly 43.1.
RC
(25,592 posts)3. Posting provable facts.
How quaint.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)2. Probably landfills.
Not many alternatives.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)4. Each DAY NYC generates 37 million cubic feet of trash.
Not much of a drop in that bucket.
1087:1 actually.
question everything
(47,486 posts)5. Wow! That's a lot!
Where does NYC put it?
No wonder Bloomberg is trying to set curbside compost (I think).