Fresh Kills Landfill Transformation
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What is being done with the Fresh Kills landfill in New York City?

The Fresh Kills landfill is being transformed into a state-of-the-art eco-park, and will open in phases over the next 30 years.

What type of waste is stored at Fresh Kills?

Fresh Kills stores municipal solid waste, which contains both organic material, like food waste and paper products, and inorganic material, like plastics and electronics.

What happens to the landfill gas produced at the Fresh Kills landfill?

The city processes the landfill gas on site at the Landfill Gas Purification Plant, and then sells the resulting four million cubic feet of refined, “pipeline-quality” gas to the local utility, National Grid, for distribution to residential and commercial customers throughout Staten Island.

Study Notes

  • The city of New York closed its largest landfill, Fresh Kills, in 2001.
  • The landfill is being transformed into a state-of-the-art eco-park, and will open in phases over the next 30 years.
  • The landfill produces enough methane gas each day to heat 30,000 homes, and will quite likely continue to do so for the next 10 years.
  • The garbage stored at Fresh Kills falls into the category of “municipal solid waste.”
  • It contains both organic material, like food waste and paper products, and inorganic material, like plastics and electronics.
  • As the organic material breaks down over time, anaerobic micro-organisms helping the process along create what is known as landfill gas: about half methane and half carbon dioxide, along with a small amount of water vapor.
  • The city processes the landfill gas on site at the Landfill Gas Purification Plant, and then sells the resulting four million cubic feet of refined, “pipeline-quality” gas to the local utility, National Grid, for distribution to residential and commercial customers throughout Staten Island.

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Learn about the transformation of Fresh Kills landfill in New York into an eco-park and how the landfill gas is processed and utilized. Explore its closure, methane production, waste categories, and gas purification process.

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