Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Where will garbage from Katrina cleanup go?

The cleanup of Hurricane Katrina is the biggest waste-disposal job in U. S. history. Entire communities have been reduced to rubble and the largest dump site in southeastern Mississippi is already close to capacity. There is enough debris to fill the Atlanta's Georgia Dome 13 times. The cleanup from 9/11 took four months. This cleanup will take much more than 4 months. Mississippi will need several new landfills. Existing landfills will need to be expanded. Typically, approving sites for landfills takes months, however; under the extreme circumstances, environmental officials have sped up the process. The cleanup crews must have weighed out the costs and benefits of how to clean up the debris, recycling, and the issure of time.

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