Materials and Waste
It Burns
Probably everybody should recycle.
This picture is inside a burning barrel from a farm not too far from where I live. While these people are truly nice people, as you can see they don't recycle. But can you blame them?
By burning they are reducing their waste down to almost nothing. And it's a pain to store and haul all these consumeristic extras to the landfill every couple of weeks.
Taken on Wednesday December 27, 2006 at Trash.Vinyl Chloride Spills
I was thinking about the recent chemical spill in Ohio, and remembered the vinyl chloride spill at Selkirk Railyard last year. I was curious how common such spills are. 60 reported spills of vinyl chloride have occurred since 1976, though some of them didn't have enough information to geocode on the address on the map.
Income vs. Active and Inactive Landfills in NY
Race vs. Active and Inactive Landfills
Messer Deprivation vs. Active and Inactive Landfills
Surprisingly the totals for Messer Deprivation were similar for landfills as Title V emitters. I am thinking though the issue is different here, as there are many small, rural landfills, not all of them are in the poorest communities in the state.
Operating Landfills in NYS
Blue - Brush and land clearing waste
Yellow - Municipal solid waste
Red - Construction Debris
Purple - Industrial Waste
Teal - Long Island Ash Landfills
Data Source: https://data.ny.gov/Energy-Environment/Landfill-Solid-Waste-Management-Facilities-Map/afg5-7i6u