Transforming New York's Fresh Kills Landfill

Abstract

This paper discussed the transforming of the Fresh Kills Landfill into the Landscape. The Fresh Kills Landfill is the largest Landfill in the north of America. Initially it was planned as temporary landfill but after 20 years it has became the developed area use for multipurpose like residential, industrial and recreational. The waste is predisposed at the Fresh Kills landfill and the putrefaction goods of this desecrate hold in several chemicals. The project of transformation is run by the NYC department of parks and recreation with the NYC department of sanitation. Lifescape is the best plan for the Landfill of 2001 to landscape struggle. With the support of the National Science Foundation and NYC Department of Sanitation, a sequence of experiments has been attempted at Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Introduction4

Discussion5

Environmental science6

General policy issues7

Additional research9

Conclusion9

References11

Transforming New York's Fresh Kills Landfill

Introduction

The Fresh Kills Landfill was established in 1947as impermanent landfill. In the end, in the 20th century it became the major landfill of the New York. It was one of the largest landfill or manmade formation in the world. It was a landfill spread around the 2200 acres in the New York City in the United States. It was named because of its location by the side of the fresh kills estuary in the west of Staten Island. The renovation of the site started on a multiple phase for the reprocess as Fresh Kills Park in October 2009. Initially it was planned as temporary landfill but after 20 years it has became the developed area use for multipurpose like residential, industrial and recreational. At the climax of its processes, the stuffing of 20 barges added to the site daily, which carries six hundred and fifty tons of trash. It was 25 meters taller than statue of liberty in 2001 and also it was expected that if it is kept open than it would become the highest tip on the coast of the east.

The landfill was located on a salt marsh land. The boundaries of the landfill still hold the large amount of wildlife. It includes the freshwater wet lands, tidal wetlands and forests. It can also be seen from the space with the naked eyes. It is made up of four segments that include more than fifty years of landfill, which is mostly in the form of waste of households. The waste is predisposed at the Fresh Kills landfill and the putrefaction goods of this desecrate hold in several chemicals. These chemicals can go into the environment in numerous ways like it can mix in the air from barge delivery and from trash delivery in the trucks. The project is run by the NYC department of parks and recreation with the NYC department of sanitation.

Discussion

The New York is an appropriate frame work for the examination that in which way parks tackle these existing problems. The landfill had function in sequence of central approval instructions. There are many controversies related to the surroundings of ...