Staten Island Advance: Fresh Kills Landfill closure ceremony marks 25 years: Transformation into massive park continues
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Officials and environmental leaders gathered Sunday at Fresh Kills Park in Travis to commemorate 25 years since the closure of what was once the world’s largest landfill, ...
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 ...
On ground that was once the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, trucks unload food scraps and yard waste, filling the air with the sharp tang of decaying garbage. Machines hum as they separate ...
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
Staten Island Advance: From trash to treasure: Photos show Freshkills transformation from landfill to parkland
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 ...
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 ...
"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.
NBC New York: “Waste Land” Director: Trip to Staten Island Helped Inspire Dump Doc