What Happens To NYC’s 3.2 Million Tons Of Trash | Big Business | Business Insider
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- New York City is one of the most wasteful cities in the world. But none of its trash is actually processed in NYC. It's sent to waste-to-energy facilities and landfills as far away as Ohio and South Carolina. It takes a vast network of sanitation workers, trucks, trains, cranes, and barges - and $429 million a year - to get it there.
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I hate how society hates on garbage men and puts them as the bad example what happends when you dont study. Tf, theyre SO important its not even funny. Mad respect.
Dude it sounds like a fun and a well paying job ngl
@@voteforpedro7332 True, it is paid well. The only thing Id be scared about is the health risks, I would 100% use some type of masks. And I remember dreaming about riding on the side of a garbage truck when I was a kid, sounds fun to drive around like that :D
In the old days it was looked down upon, now it's a stable city job with a pension and benefits.
If a journalist didn't show up for work one day, nobody would notice. But if there was no one who came to pick up our (plastic) trash any given day, everyone on that whole garbage trucks route would not get theirs picked up.
Term it's not even funny used so losely
“You don’t smell garbage you smell money”
Yo someone give this man a raise
Yess
You can tell that guy love his job.
That's what I like.
You want to give him trash?
Fun fact: the FEDS ARE trying to lock me up for life just because i smoke weed in my UA-cam videos for a living, subscribe before yo boy is next to bill cosby 😈💀
Amazing i never realized how much goes into the daily grind of handling garbage love and respect to all of our sanitation workers.
I used to have the weirdest job years ago. I would follow around a garbage truck in the wee hours of the morning counting how many "yards" (bags) of trash they would throw into the garbage truck. I even got to ride on the back of the truck once when there was nothing else to do and helped load trash into it. Gave me massive respect for sanitation workers. They are literally keeping society clean and disease free. Without them, things would fall apart very quickly.
Honestly it's reporting like this that all media outlets should aspire to.
Yes but sadly original content is expensive. Most "journalism" involves just sensationalizing something you heard about
Need to educate the citizens. Maybe go after manufacturers too. Create items that are recyclable.
Maybe, but I wish they wouldn’t put this with the impossible hyperloop which ruins their image
@@VinegarPotato What's impossible about the hyperloop?
I fully agree, stuff like this is interesting to me.
"you don't smell garbage, you smell money."
Frank 2021
Ever taken a good smell of warm wet money, it’s pretty close indeed.
Frank is a definition hustler
How much do they get paid
45 to 90 thousand a year for drivers and 13-25 maybe 30 dollars an hour for guys like him i think so i guess he never said it smelled like lots of money
@@randommay3573 where u getting the “to 90 thousand” from? Do your research, these people work with garbage, they ain’t makin anywhere near your dreaming amount😂 highest paid is only in the low 60k and that’s the high 10%, the low is in the 20k so again pls don’t bring opinions where someone asks for facts
Unless you are living alone in the wilderness you are always relying on other people for everything, even if it doesn't seem like it. This is big work. So much respect to these people
Lies again? Google Drive USD SGD
I used to pick up recycled cans, paper, for huge recycling company, it's cool to see how they separate and reuse a lot of trash, big money. And when you see it on conveyor belts being separated it's really not dirty like I'd always thought, plastic, paper, glass, aluminum cans, pretty amazing seeing blocks of aluminum just from cans.
*Respect* to all workers in the line
ok
cringe username police
yes
@@qpol its just a username,,
@@qpol stfu wii kid
"Rain, snow, hail, storm. There's no stopping us"
The tide: Say no more
To be fair, he did not mention the tide
You sir, have won!
Won
NO, this is the post office, not the garbage men.....
Tide is not stopping him either, he just keeps collecting garbage
Crazy seeing those cranes in a video and not just in person. I was part of a crew that installed the ones you see at 4:20
That’s so cool!!
Russell is just that one kind of guy that makes you say
he's kind to:
neighbors
friends
family
pets
fish
ghosts
the equipment in the factory
plants
fungus
worms
inanimate objects
the ground
the sky
trees
grass
weeds
bugs
bees
anything that exists Russell has to be chill with really
As a residential plumber who regularly sticks his whole arm into drains, I have mad respect for trash workers. Hes so right that you dont smell the stink, you smell the $$. These types of jobs keeps America running.
the fateful day when your arm gets stuck... Oof
copium at its finest
@@butterphli3z what's wrong with hard work?
@@twistieman1078 AIIHT!
You should never look down on a service you use.
@@butterphli3z lol yeah really. I mean it's good to accept fate but guys like this talk about it like it's enjoyable
It’s pretty insane that a lot of these jobs that people make fun of play such a huge part in our daily lives. If these jobs didn’t exist, we probably couldn’t exist or would be a disease ridden world.
I work methane pipeline and I love it you get used to smell real quick
I agree 💯 I don't work in a landfill I work for a construction company where my job is to pick up all the garbage on job sites and toss it into a dump trailer, dump truck or sometimes there's a dumpster on the job site. So yeah garbage is my specialty. After all all garbage whether if it's garbage from construction sites or if it's household garbage it all has to go somewhere.
New York is a disease
@Matt P didn’t change the fact that New York ships it to other states
Heard of covid?😁
Bless all our sanitation workers. Thanks for your great service.
You doing great job guys❤.. Respect
I've started appreciating sanitation workers in the pandemic. Respect.
In india it is very difficult to workers because they do not have gloves or mask or suits. They work very hard on their own. Respect ❤️
nah you don't. the sanitation workers in india are of one caste and one community only.
if indians realized that, there wouldn't be untouchability, can't marry intercaste, in india.
@@hitnailhalfway2485 its our past where orthodox peoples thinks like that. The youth of india nowadays are more liberate and aware of all the things going on there. Pls dont conclude anything without knowing it. Love from india❤️
Without them, you would be swimming in your own trash
Yep exactly, but its a scamdemic
This video should be played in every class room so kids can see it.
Why? Need ppl to do this job to. It's heavy but good paid
@@petarpewtrovic7266 because I wached it with my 10 year old and they are saddened of how much people waste. She knows it better than most adults....but she also knows that our neighborhs have times 10 garbage outside than we do....we don't use lots of crap like paper towel, we don't use plastic forks, plates, water bottles, so on...we are farmers and nothing goes to waste, not even chicken poo, they have 100 acre but rake the leafs and have a truck take them? My father was a garbage collector in Hungary for 20 years... they are heros to us.
Ain’t just kids that need to see this. Adults more than kids. Adults need to set the example and teach the youth not to be wasteful.
@@utho8080 they think they care?
@@jayus2033 yes tbey do. You maybe dont but everyone else will
"You don't smell garbage, you smell money" he got a point
I used to visit NYC frequently for business and a few times on vacation, and learned to pick my hotel room CAREFULLY! Nighttime is when almost all deliveries and pickups are done. You don’t want a street side or alley facing room, as the noise level increases exponentially. The higher the better too, as there is less street noise. After so many sleepless nights I began wearing earplugs at night, but then changed to picking a smarter hotel room location.
New York: "Jersey is trash"
New Jersey: "...excuse me, do you want this back then?"
@Rest in Pog ah the classic alleyway problem
@Rest in Pog well that’s just the city. It is so densely populated in the city the smell is a lot worse but outside of it, it’s not as bad or you can’t even smell it at all.
@@Remo50Calx2 just a tip, if you want to promote some music, dont do it in comments. That’s just low.
New York: yes, to Staten Island.
@Rest in Pog damn, when I visited I really didn't smell much except when I was literally walking past trash which isn't very common
This is incredible. I would so like to see this start a movement that helps dispose of trash in a way that can be beneficial on top of being healthy for the environment.
This channel is super interesting. Good on you business insider 👍
I love how the sanitation department leader is dressed like a soviet war hero.
Seriously, heh it's so comical 😭😂
@A M r/woooosh
Lmao! That’s what I was thinking
Commrad joe
Makes him feel important, otherwise he would be just another garboligest.
Its shocking how parents told us not to be garbage men but they are actually important to the society
True
Also NYC garbage men make like 100k and it’s super competitive to become one.
back then we would make fun of people with jobs like garbage man and plumbing, now we realize it can solo carry a family
I took that test 2003, Its getting in that's hard
@@LAce. the sanitation is 1 of New York City's best job. I can't speak for everywhere else.
These people are so badass. I have so much respect for these people. UNSUNG HEROES!!!!
everyone is a hero....my warts on my anus are heroes
@@PlasticPelletsNobody is a hero until they've done something to earn the title. If you aren't brave you are no hero
These people who work for these services are absolute heroes!!! Because of them we do not get sick, we are not infested by rats, diseases, landfill does not get into our drinking water. We keep our air clean, our homes clean and nature as clean as possible.
“ you don’t smell garbage, you smell money “ I gotta use this now props to him
you can find almost anything in trash. once find a bag of good weed
@@petarpewtrovic7266 people say its a horrible job but its seems to be just fine for the right people
@@danielporter7662 it's like working in hospital. not for everyone
"Pecunia non olet"
@@petarpewtrovic7266 Can confirm. (Even some of the right people don't want to do it anymore which is concerning)
“Getting New Yorkers to waste less altogether” yes but we should also get all those companies to waste less aswell. All that pointless packaging adds up
You can also choose to buy less wasteful products.
@@darkone12491 that's under the "getting new Yorkers to waste less together"
@@expectnothing9032.?
Agreed
So very right
Tony wasn’t kidding about waste management
I found a antique wood piano bench in a landfill once and brought it home and my whole family gave me a hard time about it but I spent about a month sanding it all down and refinishing it and now it's beautiful and my family loves it.
Yeah our culture of disposables needs to stop. Its sad that taking things from the trash is looked down upon. You see the stuff they throw out at Harvard!
“If I see something that’s Star Wars and it’s good, then I’m gonna take it home.” A man of culture
ye
Man of culture indeed.
Met some fella at a flee market and he had loads of toys. He said that everything he was selling was taken from trash. What i liked there were 8 game of thrones figures. Sadly weather damaged the boxes, but they could have been thrown out in brand new condition. Couple of them in new condition could cost 100-200$ each.
Except if it's Jar jar Binks
honestly!
Last time I've checked, college courses doesn't provide trash pickup classes. Welcome to the real world of hard workers. Respect to these sanitation workers
Probably because you don’t need an education to do this job....
@@tde2019 exactly💀💀 idk what this guy is on about lmaoo
@@snabsv4799 you don’t need a college diploma to make difference in the world. That’s what “this guy is on about”
Expand that mind of yours
@@jjettaz3 frfr
Because it's not really that hard. It's highly likely i will end up doing something like this after failing at everything else
My hubby works at the one in rocklin california he got hurt a few time i respect my them for what they do 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️🥰🥰
This is fascinating!
I worked on a garbage truck for three weeks. Hardest job in my life. Respect to those that do it, especially in big cities like NY.
Some of the guys in the trucks, are hot!
@@mrtoocranky56 What does this have to do with the above comment and who cares wether they're hot, cold, fried or baked?
@@k.r.99 lmao
@@k.r.99 😂😂😂
@@mrtoocranky56 tf
We could never survive without these men and women that’s a fact so much respect for them
We need more women here
What women? Lol
@@maddchatter30 women like in the video
@@2ocelyn I saw one woman. Let’s be honest. 95% of the people doing the work you can’t survive without are men. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that fact.
@@maddchatter30 you read my mind
Thank you for this video.👏👏👏
Very informative.👍
Lol, Brooklyn 6 Garage is where I took the Star Wars stuff...lmao.
The trash cycle for people in NYC is actually super efficient. They just reabsorb it back into their personalities.
Lmfaoo💀💀
Big oof
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😂
as a New Yorker, I can neither confirm nor deny that
City planning is hard, trust me. I am not a civil engineer, but | play cities skyline.
Yessiiiiirrr
Goddamn I had 80 garbage trucks riding around and yet trash was everywhere
I feel you
lmaooo ur comment made my day mate
That second "I" is in a different font.
I'm taking Romeo to the arcade. He's gonna get me all the prizes out of the claw game😂
One man’s discarded Star Wars memorabilia is another fan’s treasure!!! LOVE these people cleaning up our streets... truly amazing system we have. Albeit not perfect, but it’s working!!! What great attitudes they have.
This type of media reporting, clean, simple, with a positive objective is how I'd like to see main stream media reform themselves into.
Yeah
Same, muffin
They totally ignore the real environmental impact of NYC's consumption and trash addiction. Hypocrites who tell the rest of the nation they need to "go green."
Kind of scary when you realize Woody and Buzz would’ve been burned alive for two hours
At first i thought an accident happened and two men fell in a trash burner. But then I remembered toy story and was like🤦 SMH, Lol
No, the little green mans picked them out
Fax, I didn’t even know till you reminded me.
i just fell so grateful for these people they work so hard
I’m a utility operator at winwaste a waste to energy plant people have no idea how mush trash we burn. It’s insane
These are the people that dont get enough credit! I take my hats off to you all.
How many hats?
@@michaelc7014 4 atleast, I can tell
@@michaelc7014 4 atleast, I can tell
Take you hats off
The only claw in the world where you win every time
Lmao 😂 i mean........ thats quite true
someone should lick it.
Alot of claw machines have bad grip strength and that wiggly string thing
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
I wonder if they've ever picked up a dead body lol
Wow wow wow!!!! well now I know where the trash goes.. thank you for this video it was very educational
I hear people in the waste management consulting business do pretty well
Wow this feels like a field trip. Without this channel I would have had no clue what happened behind the scenes.
@Max Spies thanks for the correction :)
@@frownless field
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I can feel the Toy Story Movie coming to life.
*THE CLAAAWWWW*
i thought the same exact thing
@@VxW2020 dude literally 21 seconds apart comments
@@voltaric1908 in d fd w de s_get_
Yusssss
“You dont smell garbage, you smell money” GOAT QUOTE FROM FRANK!!!!!!
Hard work really appreciate NYC from Brooklyn NY
This honestly is pretty good journalism. I didn't know they turned disgusting trash bags into electricity. Pretty smart thinking.
Good for reducing the co2 emissions don't you think!
Burning trash and turning it into heat and electricity has been standard practise for a very long time now. Did you think they just threw it into the ocean or something?
Been going on for years, read more.
@@Dial8Transmition I thought they just buried trash deep in the ground??
In Sweden only 0,8 of the garbage goes to landfills. The rest is either recycled, turned into biogas (for the city buses for instanc) or burned for electricity. We even _import_ garbage from the UK, Ireland and Norway.
These workers are really underrated. Mad respect to them!
🙄
why are you mad
1:11 "you didn't smell garbage, you smell money"-Frank
I love this quote
4:58 YES
There's a guy in Shanghai that figured out how to filter air pollution into a vacuum and convert them into bricks. I think every waste processing and manufacturing plants in general should adopt this technology for all of their emissions. Seems like Covanta is already pretty clean and efficient but imagine if they produced modular bricks for cheap housing out of the pollution produce from being trash. There is no such thing as "waste", only byproduct. The trick is figuring out how to utilize all the byproducts.
I worked at a garbage company about 10 years ago and EVERYTHING was sorted. We had a department for e-waste, all recyclable material (from metal, cardboard, plastic, paper, aluminum cans, glass bottles, etc.) , we had a department for hazardous waste (that's was my department), wood would get thrown into a woodchipper and given away for free to anyone who wanted some, and everything that wasn't recyclable would then either get sent to a landfill or sent to another state who could then resource whatever they can get out of it. We'd sort through basically everything from all of the main town as well as the neighboring towns.
Are u german 😂 ?
California??
@@johnnyoneye2641 yes sir! Lol lucky guess
Not as much sorted since China stopped taking most of our recycling.
l didn't ask for a wikipedia page about whatever that is about
"you don't smell garbage you smell money" NOW THAT'S THE FIRE NEW YORK SPIRIT I LOVE 🔥💙💙
big cities are gay
@@yoatemybeans4164 thank you
@@yoatemybeans4164 Ram Ranch disagrees
stuck in the rat race woo
@@yoatemybeans4164 ay looks like were gay boys
Mam these guys are solid. Respect! 💯
Amazing video. Going to show my Environmental Science and Chemistry classes this
Not sure you all realize how well done this video was. Personally, I've seen a lot of videos and books in my Waste Management days. This is one of the simplest, yet, very professional and well informative.
I also enjoyed the video, but the way they portray the plant as reducing CO2 is just plain wrong. They say the carbon filters absorb pollutants, but they leave out the percentages, and then go on to say how 'nitrogen' is released from the chimney when in reality it's massively polluting. A good video however it seems like they're pushing the agenda of this specific waste management company. Imo.
Nitrogen isn’t actually polluting. Nitrogen is the most abundant gas we breath, it takes up approximately 78% of the atmosphere. It’s also very essential for living organisms. Especially plants.
Lastly, this facility definitely produces less CO2 than an open landfill does.
@@carsonlujan8134 I think you've misunderstood what I said. The video makes it sound like nitrogen and 'normal air' is what comes out of the chimey, but in reality it's very polluting.
Lift smelly trash and cash out seems like a good job
And i also love how theres a trash general
im 10
*The Sanitation Workers need recognitions of this sort to show people of their sacrifice & tolerability.*
Call them essential... oh wait. All kidding aside wages will never improve.
Aka more pay. Stop with the recognition just give them more money
@@charlespanache7047 Sanitation workers, especially public sector ones, make very good wages. Better than most Americans make. Their benefits are also pretty solid. Private sector is more hit or miss but Republic Services and Waste Management do have decent salaries and benefits.
None of them want more respect.
Garbage men are happy the fact many americans despise the job, because it means more work and money for them.
Why waste time being in school when you can make more money throwing garbage around than university graduates do.
every job does that stop acting like garbage men are military
I love this video I work as a millwright and occasionally Covanta will hire our company to change out the conveyor belts that they had in the ash house basically there’s a bunch of rubber belts like 50 feet long and it separates the ash down even more there a whole pile there full of thousands of quarters and other non metallic metals but apparently we aren’t allowed to take them cause technically they are burnt and not useable per say covanta but I also work inside that bag house they were talking about that place is nasty full face respirator is needed inside there
Shoutout to the everyday workers doing the dirty jobs. I love and appreciate you all helping the world turn.
Thank you to the people who’s involved in these process. Good men and women
I've always had respect for my garbage guy. But this has given me a mad new respect for them. I'll make it my duty to make water ziploc baggie with a water and maybe fruit inside to hand to them weekly.
Underpaid heroes, I wish society would overall pay laborers better, they're admirable positions
@@AbdulGabagool83 gucci
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@@AbdulGabagool83 Not only we don't pay them well, we also tend to look down on them (they have no social status). I personally have more respect for garbage men, truck drivers, farmers, teachers etc... than some politician or some corporate ceo.
These people make a lot of money and most importantly get rid of the city's filth but people still try to use them as an example of dropping out
Take the scene from the Biggie movie. His teacher told him that he would wind up a garbage man making $28k a year and found out that teachers made $24k, and did the math in front of the class to show the class how stupid his teacher was.
I know people who have graduated with a bachelor's, and chose to work in public service, and i also know people who drop out and become successful! Its infuriating that anyone would use these people as "drop out" examples. They are an integral part od our society, helping to keep US SAFE.
@Clevelandtx2 langleyRd That’s pretty dumb and an even dumber economic choice.
@@thugginpopsicle7279 never watched this, hilarious story though
@Clevelandtx2 langleyRd Sorry as loser
ngl at 3:50 when the guy was moving the trash with the claw it looked oddly beautiful
I am a dumpster diver, and I find it a shame to see many many things in the dumpsters that only requires a little handyman fix, like a window ac that only need the filter cleaned, vacumes that the hose only needs to be unplugged, furniture that only needs a little stain or paint would bring it back to life again, microwaves that only needs to be cleaned because they were to lazy to clean it so they threw it out rather than taking a few minutes to clean it. very sad.
The Claw, you have saved our lives we are eternally grateful.
You have been chosen! Buzz Buzz buzz lightyear to the rescue! Lol
You saved our lives we are eternally grateful.
wooooaaahhhhh 👽
Best comment of the week hands down
Forgive me claw for I have sinned
frank got the right attitude. "thats my workout"
over here i noticed one african garbageman, he loves his job so much, the guy is literally dancing, on the truck, on the way to the bins, when he empties them and when hes back on the truck.
ive never seen someone do such a job with such dedication and happiness.
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs says these are some of the happiest people on Earth. An honest day's work man, an honest day's work.
That's the difference of doing an actual, important honest day's work. No pretending required for these folk.
@Aaron jkbjhknmnkn he never said the guy’s race mattered he just described what the guy looked like, you’re the one who is trying to make it seem like the guy’s race mattered/turn this into some political thing when nothing he said had anything to do with that
@Aaron jkbjhknmnkn Why does politics ("liberals") matter. You bring politics into everything, especially when it's irrelevant to the following conversation.
union protected job for life. He'd be happy
I would like to see bokashi and composting implemented into the waste management industry. I can imagine it would reduce trash drastically. I see it maybe neighborhoods implement a bokashi collections bin which would then properly be processed by recycling or composting companies. Better environmental impact as well as possible "free" revenue if they sell the compost to gardeners, farmers or suppliers.
Yesss... I work at the plant that burns the trash. I operate the crane at Covanta. 😁👍🏾
Is there a way you could sell me 10,000,000 tons of trash?
I can’t imagine the smell 😷
Huge respect to all of those people that keep our cities clean👏👏👏👏
Very amazing recycle ♻️ process ✌🏼👍🏽
I actually went to one in Australia coz in Brisbane they have warehouses where residents can take chunks of waste, and omigosh the smell was so bad that my eyes watered and my lungs felt like someone was squeezing it.
They used to it after a while
This is not recycling! That's burning resources which could be recycled...
@@TheManuu02
Recycle back to mother nature with minimum impact to our environment. Less gas release to the atmosphere 👍🏽
This video is excellent
I agree
They should do this to the whole World 👍
after this video feels like make trash is good xd
Another worthless comment from a verified UA-camr.
All of insiders videos are
this is breath-taking
I remember before direct deposit and debit cards, my husband was a truck driver. He hauled garbage from NY to California. On the trip back he would pick up loads of money, mostly coins in Vegas to bring back to the east, so that they could be evenly distributed. He never smelled trash, he and the convoy always smelled. 🤑🤑🤑 If you didn't get on drugs in the 70's you made good money back then. A lot of the drivers worked for more prestigious companies, like my husband worked for Greyhound. He took off that gray suit and threw on those jeans, and hit the road jack!!! 😁
Highschool senior quote by romeo- "I want to become a giant claw expert"
15 years later-
@Rik Mehta ok? good luck i guess👋
@Rik Mehta Too late I did it with her yesterday
@Rik Mehta stay hydrated and stay focused !!
@Rik Mehta good luck bro :D
Symbolic family talk, I'm lovin it ! 🤗😎
New York's largest export is trash to the surprise of nobody.
Cuomo did a great job of making sure nothing else was being made here.
To poor new yorkers!
@@shmodzilla Let's not pretend it's the current mayor that turned New York into a cesspool. The cities been a problem for decades
@@chrisporter9397 he certainly is making it worse though
wow well made video explaining it all, makes sense why we get charged for garbage! Thank you boys for the hard work!!
I never thought much about how much trash we generate until our area in Oregon started recycling. Hopefully we can recycle textiles someday as well.
Imagine pirates accidentally looting this cargo ship.
Pirate one - show me the money. I can smell it.
Pirate two - bruhhh. 😖
😝😜
*Thats pretty funny.....*
d
@Leroy Moman imagine it having sex?
@@eliasziad7864 ????
It's true. I was a garbage man making money in the summers during college. Eventually your nose shuts down. Year's later I don’t smell much unless I stop and try to smell something.
Do you smell money?
Imagine what the smell will be like when China attacks our power grid and shuts all of this down
Helped me to help my family, we are poor and I want to change our life, fund my transport project in my country please😢😥 or give me alms😞 don't take me for a scammer I just need to be helped
@@gamigam6420 get a job then bum Im loading a truck right making shit money but atleast Im trying
@@eddycarpenter8989 Queue in the social justice warriors in 3,2,1......Not everyone digs sarcasm.
Ya, I love the idea of not creating any garbage or food waste in the first place or at least the smallest amount possible 🙌👍👊🌎⭐️⭐️
I worked for McAllister tugboats on Stanton island north end & we had a contract to haul barges from the city to the transfer station fresh kills & it looks alot better from when i worked there the old dump was open & i have never seen so many sea gulls in my life
My dad works in the removal of methane gas from landfills which then is used to make clean energy and he was talking about how the ash that is put on the landfills is horrible because it stops the flow of the methane(basically like a dead layer)and when it hardens, it's like rock and creates water drainage issues.
You should try to see if you can get higher up in the food chain to see if youcanr stop
I've seen some some landfills get dirt cover over them and the land reclaimed to grow trees over.
@@hunterhq295 Yeah, that’s what’s usually done. I don’t know why anyone would use ash made of burned garbage instead of dirt? How do you expect things to grow over the landfill if you use garbage as soil?
@@aaronlandry3934 ইংলিশ
"What ever we throw away, it's Jersey's problem now" - NYC, probably.
I genuinely chuckled, ty :)
Yep 😁
Excellent profile pic my friend!
No, it's not.
@@dannybaldwin7343 it's a no not a yes
"how important am i? i am, THE GUY" 🤣🤣 savage
Spectacular I just love that they aren’t burying this crap, at least we’re getting energy out of it.
"If you know where it's going, and then you don't like where it's going. Maybe you'll find ways to recycle things"
I like that❤️
8:31 I literally was at this part, reading your comment.
I can't help but think part of the problem IS that "once the garbage man comes and picks it up, you don't think any more about it". That disconnect has to drive a blasé attitude about generating waste.
Very thankful for the men and women working in this business 🙏
We need more waste-to-energy systems. Not only is it better for our environment, they use much less land than literal landfills and provide recyclable metals instead of just burying everything.
Imagining a fly enjoying a heaven of food, but then moments later hell begins
heh heh Heh Heh HEH HEH HAAA HAAA HAAA!!!! yeah. 😉😁
@@adrienneanderson-smith2257 Austin powers;)?
😂😂😂
OMG lol
poor fly
Highest respect to these people and the important work they do. People need to respect sanitation workers and janitors. It takes only a few days of them not turning up to work to realize their value. Great story BI, this is such a welcome change from the mainstream media trash we are typically fed.
many of them.in my country doesnt have proper payment, sanitary, nor proper truck.
seeing how USA have better garbage truck, proper tools and protection for the workers makes my country has the shittiest garbage management. gosh.....
I don't get this type of comment people are making. "Respect sanitation workers" as if they are doing something more honorable than regular people with job. These people are getting paid six figures. Yes it's dirty work but they get paid to do what they do. Doesn't mean when we flip burgers at Mckey D we do not deserve respect. We don't need to call them disrespectfully or specially. They are just regular workers like we are. They are getting paid for what they do.
@@user-fx5sw4jy7hYz9Hzi exactly what I was thinking
@@user-fx5sw4jy7hYz9Hzi where in the world do they get six figures?
have you do search?
whats the differences of garbage workers in each country?
maybe in some of rich country payed high amount, as far as i know not here.
@@F_M20 Where is this documentary filmed. IN USA THEY GET OVER 6 FIGURE. PLEASE SIT DOWN.
This is an excellent video.
Anyone working in sanitation needs a lot more respect to help lead to this “zero waste” future but if we treat them poorly like society tends to do then it’ll never scale
Everyone needs to see this. Hopefully more people would think twice before just throwing something away man
or even purchasing it in the first place.
@@onekoolfella EXACTLY!!!!
Yes. Burning it for power is a good idea. But we need to develop better sorting and recycling too. Japan does it; I learned more about recycling from anime than I ever did in school! X3
I produce zero rubbish. I avoid meat with bones usually, Nike shoes go to Nike Grind, tech goes to tech recycling. I don't even compost.
So true yet so many of us run blind until the very sad ending encompass their lifestyle. Big corporations should investigate better ways of packaging etc. which leads to so much waste. Our society is as if a drunken driver is at the wheel running wildly to a bitter end no man knows or could comprehend its bitter end. God save us if it were even possible. ✌️