Scrapbook: Metropolitan Landfill Tour (Class Field Trip, September 25-27, 1997)
 

FRESH KILLS LANDFILL  Staten Island, NY  opened: 1947  Fresh Kills Homepage
59th Street Marine Transfer Station from exterior, looking across Hudson River.	Municipal solid waste unloaded from garbage trucks to barge.
	The sights and smells of the landfill.
Proximity of landfill to shopping mall.	View of Manhattan from Fresh Kills.
Rows and rows of composting garbage.	Swarm of seagulls.
HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS DISTRICT   1. Owned & operated by the State of New Jersey.   2. 19,730 acres of land which incorporates several former landfills, only one of which (250 acres) is still in operation.   3. Home to more than 265 different species of birds, recognized as a major migratory fly-over and resting preserve. Abundant presence of both finfish and shell fish.     HMDC Hompage
Revegetation efforts on the site.	Methane gas recovery plant.
Current landfilling of construction and demolition debris.	Boat ride through wildlife preserve and wetlands.