Staten Island Dump From Space

NBC New York: “Waste Land” Director: Trip to Staten Island Helped Inspire Dump Doc

"Waste Land" director Lucy Walker said a trip to a Staten Island landfill helped inspire her award-winning documentary about the world's largest dump.

The largest dump in the world, the Fresh Kills landfill, used to sit on Staten Island, the least populated borough of New York City, from 1948 to 2001. Each day, rubbish from the other four boroughs ...

It was once the largest landfill in the world, a behemoth dumping ground that opened in Staten Island’s swamps after World War II. Barges brought bilious heaps of trash to the Fresh Kills landfill for ...

Staten Island Advance: DSNY cleans illegal dumping mess that blocked lane on Staten Island road | Shaina on the Scene

DSNY cleans illegal dumping mess that blocked lane on Staten Island road | Shaina on the Scene

Staten Island Advance: ‘Like we’re living in the slums’: Staten Island lot plagued by illegal dumping

‘Like we’re living in the slums’: Staten Island lot plagued by illegal dumping

Staten Island Advance: From trash to treasure: Photos show Freshkills transformation from landfill to parkland

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s been 25 years since Staten Islanders accomplished something few thought was possible — closing the former Fresh Kills Landfill on the borough’s West Shore. In the two and a ...

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Staten Island Advance: Composting stench a foul reminder of Staten Island’s dark landfill history | Opinion

Composting stench a foul reminder of Staten Island’s dark landfill history | Opinion

AOL: The certified closure of Staten Island’s Fresh Kills landfill will become 21 acres of green space

The certified closure of Staten Island’s Fresh Kills landfill will become 21 acres of green space

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Staten Island Advance: Video: Tour of Staten Island’s Freshkills Park, former landfill site

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s Fresh Kills Landfill, the world’s largest trash site, closed in March 2001. Now, a quarter-century later, following years of a rehabilitation effort, Freshkills ...

insider.si.edu: Fresh kills : artists respond to the closure of the Staten Island landfill / [curator, Olivia Georgia, editors, Kari Conte ... [et al.]]

Fresh kills : artists respond to the closure of the Staten Island landfill / [curator, Olivia Georgia, editors, Kari Conte ... [et al.]]