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Landfills: A Growing Menace
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When asked to think of the largest man made structure, people will
invariably come up with an answer like The Great Wall of China, the Great
Pyramids, or the Taj Majal. In contrast to these striking achievements of
mankind is the Durham Road L .... Middle of Term Paper
... its elevation will reach 505 feet above sea level, making it
the highest point along the Eastern Seaboard, from Florida to Maine. At that
height, the mound will constitute a hazard to air traffic at Newark airport
[Rathje 3-4]. The area now encompassed by the Fresh Kills (Kills is from the
Dutch word for creek) Landfill was originally a tidal marsh. In 1948, New York
City planner Robert Moses developed a highly praised project to deposit
municipal garbage in the swamp until the level of the land was above sea level.
A study of the area predicted the marsh would be filled by the year 1968. He
then planned to develop the area, building house ... |
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