In recent years, the municipality of Montebello started a $5.4 million initiative to rid its neighborhoods of potholes. Major streets were falling apart, spurring car accidents that averaged almost $600 per repair. One winter, after bearing the weight of rush hour traffic, Montebello’s northern freeway caved into a 75-foot-long pothole. The prevalence of patching and […]
The debris left in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria created a swell in the U.S. Virgin Islands’ (USVI) waste stream. Remnants of buildings and uprooted trees cluttered the roadways, disrupting the lives of some 100,000 residents. Many abandoned their vehicles and homes. The damages were irreversible. In total, 72 miles of refuse needed […]
A short drive south of downtown Detroit is the Riverview Land Preserve, an approximately 400-acre solid waste landfill opened in 1968 that presently receives around 2,500 tons of trash a day. It’s a dynamic site with private homes, public spaces and local waterways all in close proximity. Consider its geography: Residential neighborhoods are immediately adjacent […]
For 61 years, one of New Jersey’s public utilities operated a manufactured gas plant (MGP) on the right bank of the Passaic River, a stone’s throw from central Newark. Squeezing gas out of coal had been the best way to heat homes and cook meals until natural gas emerged as the superior fuel in the […]
