Where New York's 14 Million Tons of Trash Go - NYC Revealed 

Can't change anything in NYC. 1 kilometer of new subway costs here like 5 billion dollars

@@tedarcher9120 I think we have to rip the band-aid off before it gets even worse. It's only going to get more expensive to maintain and even more expensive to update. If we don't fix it now when are we going to?

@@austinwhitely5483 we? Nobody's gonna fix it. And I don't care honestly, serves them well

@@tedarcher9120 we as in New York City an America as a whole

@@austinwhitely5483 same difference, don't live there

right? i love everything about this vid

It was not what I expected from a Cheddar video. I am used to the Cheddar Explains video series. It wasn't bad. I guess they are going to start a "Revealed" series?

You old boy!

There's a website with all of those old government documentaries, including a bunch of what used to be internal education/training/project-summary videos for armed forces and other stuff that was secret at the time. They are super interesting to watch

@@zechsblack5891 do you have the name by chance? Even though this comment is 7 months old thought it was worth a try

Ik there's so much that they cannot process it all within the state

@@folx9874 /woosh

Ironic given the fact the the current NYC mayor is a corrupt New Jersey resident.

You're saying it wrong...as USUAL NEW JERSEY CLEANS UP AFTER NYC.

That's not true not all of it is sent there

couldn’t have said it better as an american who’s lived in Europe for a good amount of time, i was shaking my head the whole video

"landfills are banned in europe" is 100% a false statement. europe isn't one country, and I haven't heard of any european country not using landfills anymore. we just make a little bit more of an effort than america to separate trash to recycle more of it, and we probably burn a larger percentage of the stuff we don't recycle or export, instead of putting it in landfills. but landfills absolutely still are used as the last resort for the significant percentage of trash that doesn't get separated for some kind of use. some european countries are also pretty good at separating compostable waste to make soil from it (which I think is normally not allowed to be used in commercial agriculture though due to potential toxic contamination). here in germany, the consumers throw away trash in several separate categories: clear glass, colored glass, various glass and plastic bottles that are worth 7-25€cent to return (some are recycled as well-separated material, some are refilled several times), plastic and metall packaging for recycling/burning, cardboard and paper for recycling, compostables, and a catch-all general waste category that's too mixed to be conveniently recycled in one of the other ways. if you have anything particularly toxic, you're supposed to turn it in to the dump separately (batteries and electronics also have their own waste streams), and if you've got big stuff like furniture, you can book a collection in front of your home in advance, which is free once a year.

Neither of us is better than another. Eventually we can combine all these things. I have much more learning to do. An if i make it out without being the most evil thing alive.; be sure to vote for me as world leader.

yeah, where he said "system like no other" at the start i thought "yeah cause its stupid

Please don't go to Rome or Naples 😅

Building in the sky is “free”. NYC decided to punish people for building up higher, so instead they try to squeeze every last square foot of land out of the city.

@@LeeeroyJenkins Building in the sky is not "Free" as you say, at least in NYC. There is something called Air Rights which is the remaining space above a building no matter the size. If someone wants to build a supertall tower, they would have to acquire the air rights of those around it, and it cost money just as if it was landfill.

You don't need alleys. As a previous comment said, Amsterdam has installed below-sidewalk receptacles that are emptied by equipment, not by hand or shovel.

message Elon Musk an tell him to respond to me if he didn't the 2x before. I have a plan

And what’s your million dollar idea to get rid of it?

@@darthjarjar5309 look at what europe is doing and copy that

@@jahajesper Europe uses incinerators, and the video already showed people are trying to shut incinerators down in the US.

@@jahajesper I would look more at Japan

WELLLL, you're in luck. The full 24-minute version will be on CuriosityStream soon.

@@cheddar When's it show up? I couldn't find it on curiosity stream?

LOL I was thinking the same....I have questions...

I keep checking as well but can’t find it on there

@@cheddar What aabout a documentary about how they are trying to find solutiuons to the problem

Recycling doesn’t work

Recycling is a lie.

@@180_S well you canat least recycle paper/carton and compost (bread, eggshells, coffee or tea bags, or leafs of your indoor plant). You can even recycle glas and Aluminium. Why do you think that with recyling we only mean plastics?

@@derorje2035 … except contamination is a big problem with paper/cartons. Composing was started ~10 years ago. There’s also practically no market for recycled aluminum - even when it’s easily recycled, companies don’t use the recycled materials.

There is tho… we have to separate our trash from paper/bottles/plastic or we could be fined.

Lol! My food choices Too!

too much is going on with laws and permits, its so expensive to do anything nowadays, and people/companies always get backlash when they try to do something its insane, a lot of things barely manage to work and its sad seeing how behind we are in technology

Well most European and Asian cities were built to modern standards because they were bombed to oblivion.

Most Americans haven't left their state, let alone the country. They don't know just how far behind America is compared to other countries. Combine that with the constant "American exceptionalism" bullshit, and it's the perfect scenario to hold a country back.

@@Otter-Destruction that doesn't even... what?

@@RockBandRS that's true. I had a friend in high school who had never left Arizona untill probably 16 when he went to San Diego. By that time I've traveled to Europe and back probably 5 times.

Certain cities grow during certain periods. They can only replace outdated technology at certain rates. Does your city have free wifi like mexico city?

The guy picking the bags in the video is not even using protective gloves, he’s using basic gloves lol then he wonders why he gets slashed.

Bins won’t work due to parking and traffic.

In Europe most systems have workers get the bins to the back of the truck by hand and the truck empties it. No need for space for letting the truck pick it up by themselves.

@@thomasfreeman7770 They manage in London (with sorting/recycling too). Honestly, the video reminded me of 1980's Britain. There's no excuse for NYC to have a waste system similar to a developing country. Get better standards.

Its not.

doubt it will, ever

Very funny! Assuming you are being facetious ... In 2022, to collect & dispose of UNSORTED waste is almost as bad as it gets. The worst is not to collect garbage at all.

Probably not even started!

inceneration does not create a problem? its outlawed in many citites

With proper treatment of fumes, it's definitely less harmful than landfills.

@@ChrisTian-yw7jc you think these companies are going to put in the effort to properly treat these fumes when they're surrounded by poor neighborhoods?

@@MotorCityPhoenix313 Depends on the laws, I guess. It ain't about the burning. It's about how much effort you put into after-treatment.

I worked at Fresh Kills :andfill for 28 years. The garbage that is buried is under one hundred plus feet of dirt. The capped with a non permeable membrane, several feet of sand, then another semi permeable membrane, then several feet of topsoil. There are pipes (with hole in them) that run throughout the garbage in layers, and a gas plant on the premises that separats out the lechate (garbage water) and recycles the collected gas back into municipal gas system. There is also a huge deep undergrond "slurry wall" surroundimg the perimeter of the landfill. That totally contains any and all garbage from leaking out. The garbage will decompose safely. All while providing gas for the community, and a Park on top.

If you've ever been to New York city you would know that there is barely any space on the sidewalk and between parked cars for such a system to actually work.

Most USA has this system.

I think one reason is that new york city wants to keep people employed. Everytime the city "screws over" working class theres huge protests n stuff. Machine-pickup systems usually only has the driver , while in new york theres a driver + 1-2 garbage men that pick it up. Firing half the staff wouldnt be popular.

Everywhere I've lived in the US has the standardized bins that are picked up by the truck. I'm guessing that they would have to pick up individual bags if there were excess that didn't fit in the bins, or if people suck and just didn't bother to put them in the bins so they are hanging out on the sidewalk.

NYC is too congested to have that mechanical system in the streets. They would have more lawsuits from the mechanical arms hitting pedestrians and vehicles than anything else. At more trouble than help.

if TV is so great then why don't you go watch it? this is exactly what's wrong here - utube immitating TV

LOL i saw that Rossmann video too! But don't worry the land lords will also be pricing everyone out from renting in the city so less waste then maybe??? 🤗 hahaha

It’s just outdated

That would mean firing 2 guys off of the three person truck. Good luck trying to fire 2/3 of a workforce without mass protests and strikes.

@@LeeeroyJenkins They're unionized too.

@@LeeeroyJenkins What? So you're saying never improve and make jobs more efficient to keep more people in low paying jobs or what? That's incredibly stupid. Yeah why don't we employ 50 people to each farm instead of having those awful tractors, imagine having 1 guy in a combine harvester instead of 100 people doing the same amount of work in a day. Da fuq

@@RuffleCoptah idk ask Americans they kept slaves for farms

The wheelie bins used in a lot of countries like Australia won't work in a city like NY, especially in Manhattan. Even in the CBD s of major Australia cities they can be a problem for traffic and parking.

@Noah’s Navigating New York How does the recycling system work in NY? Do people leave out their recycling waste on a different day? And their composting waste on a third day?

@@peterdunlop7691 They usually come the same day as garbage day. Each neighborhood has their own garbage/recycle/compost collection schedule.

this. absolutely 100%.

Read the comments! They can't have a bunch of wheely bins because then on trash day you won't have any parking since the whole street will be filled with bins, waiting to be emptied.

@@henryjohnson-ville3834 that's correct. And even in countries with the bins like Australia there are still problems. I'm in inner suburban Brisbane, at a block of ten apartments. Sometimes the bins are all out on the footpath, on the kerb, and in the morning some idiot(s) has parked his car (s )in front of sone of the bins. This is despite all the apartments and houses around here having their own garages and parking areas. Usually it's not someone living here. The garbage man gets angry because he has to get out and move the bins in front of the driveway to empty them. Its does not happen all the time, but I 've seen it happen quite a few times. Sometimes a bin or two is just left and not emptied for two weeks and it stinks and flies come, terrible in summer here. I m usually at home till 10 am, so if I hear the truck coming I 'll go down and move the bins if a car ( or cars ) are blocking access and the drivers are grateful for that. Sometimes I come home at 3 30 or 4 pm and bins are all in front of the driveway or all knocked over because of limited access for the trucks. I can envisage chaos if this system was in NY!

Oh, I really liked the voice and wanted more. Sad to hear that.

Pretty much everything is a propaganda piece now.

Unions and the mafia

In New York City they don’t use bins. Too many people, and there would be no parking spots.

Going back quite a few years, i think it was the mid 70's here in the UK, the 'binmen' went on strike and the local authority set up a designated area for residents to carry their waste to. After 2 weeks, i remember it well, the pile was enormous, like a small hill and the smell was incredible. And as time went by people started throwing their rubbish just anywhere. Bad times.

well, at least half of it is reusable, paper/carton, compost and glas doesn't need to be burnt or dumped on a giant hill.

Same here, but it's really hard in my opinion. Many things being said sound easy to do but the people there(many) do not respect the systems and things around them. They don't take care of anything for example the MTA. Plus because it's America, people might not like the new systems and go against it, or have trouble understanding bc they stupid.

Can't have nice things like other countries, it is what it is

Almost I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

Ok so find a better way without being ignorant

@@thediecastdesk3556 you're too kind sir

NYC has a separate bin for recycling and a separate truck picks up just the recycling.

I think ny has a bottle deposit of like 5 cents. Like you go to a place to drop off bottles and get your deposit back. At least that's how it works in Oregon.

Also remember going past that dump, with the salt and pepper shakers. My Pop told me they were incinerators. Then everything disappeared and high rise housing went up.

@@paulne1514 Thank you for posting. I'd see and smell that dump every time we drove down the Belt Parkway. But when I look for info, it's like it didn't exist. NYC garbage is full of mystery.

yeah, that extra nickel is going to make people recycle. the trash is a product from earth and will be heading back to earth

@@bjvu9460 That extra nickel DOUBLES the value of their effort. You must not live in a big city where there are lots of low-income people, and thus you don’t see the effort that many people go to Already, at 5 cents.

We have this locally and it might help with tin cans, but does nothing for the waste problem and if anything only increases the crack addict population. For as long as I have lived there are bums in every city collecting cans, putting like 10 bags of recycling cans on a cart and wheeling it everywhere they go. When you go to a bottle depot there's always crackheads lurking around or 5 of them taking up spots all inside. Some people who do it are actually real people who may have disabilities or whatnot. However most of it just supports drug addiction which isn't very helpful at all to society. Paying people a penny for recycling is a dumb waste of time. You are either poor and now you focus recycling your cans before plastic or your rich and you don't give a shit about the extra money at all. Instead we should just be forcing companies to be at the forefront of recyclable materials. It should be pepsi figuring out how to best dispose of their product not the general population. While as individuals we do have some responsibility to maintain out planet. There's only so much that can be done when everything is made of different materials and is disposed the same. Every chip bag, wrapper, straw and every other piece of consumerable plastic should be the exact same material. It all should be recyclable.

You can give however many nickels you like on everyone’s behalf.

I dump my trash on leftists cars, here inCommiefornia. Leftists literally drive mobile dumpsters, so...

Ryan I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. Link in my about tab.

I wouldn't hoard. I would continue to dump my trash on leftists cars, here inCommiefornia. Leftists literally drive mobile dumpsters, so...

The solid waste industry has heard of recycling......they figured out how to charge everyone for recycling pickup as a second mandatory service... Then they dump the recyclables into the landfill with the solid waste.

NY. Not the same elsewhere

@Noah’s Navigating New York the majority of recycling in the US is actually a different set of trucks taking it to the landfill or sending it to other countries to sit until they put in their landfill. .... No America doesn't recycle. Less than 5% of what we claim to recycle actually is.

That lardass is bitching about getting stuck with sharp objects. Wells Lamont, one of the world's biggest glove manufacturers, has made puncture-resistant, Kevlar reinforced work gloves for many years. Most cops wear the black ones, especially during a frisk.

I'm sure bodies, drugs, and other nasty things. I know that I have tossed used brake pads and other heavy things in the trash.

And how they don't collect your data unlike sh!tty Google.

Genius!

You comment appeared as I thought it. Im already on that when it comes to product/food delivery an of course thought that with it.

Roosevelt Island in NYC works this way

Yes imagine the restaurant, business, schools in the whole state, The country, even. Better the whole world. Yo much trash and water bieng used ..

Not to worry. Just go to any city satellite map and look at the size of the city, then locate the city dump and notice how very very small the dump is in comparison! We have plenty of space in this country for our garbage.

Right? All that recyclable material! 😟 I'm in Canada and waste management is part of my job as an assistant superintendent, and I'm shocked at how poorly this waste is sorted!

That’s why sometimes the states is called the 1st industrialized third world country

there IS a separate bin and separate truck that picks up recycling.

@@christophers.4007 That's not proper recycling. Proper recycling means separate bins for organic, paper, plastics (and combined), glass, metal, normal waste. Paper waste can be sold for a profit, same with glass, organic waste becomes compost and natural gas (which is used to run the facility or can be sold), plastics and combined stuff (e.g. plastic-coated cardboard) is used for fabrics (fleece) metals are molten and reused. The rest has to be deposited in a landfill or burnt (heating complete cities in winter-time and generating electric power in summer).

That doesn’t actually happen lol. It would cost hundreds of billions and we’d barely make a dent in the amount of trash we have that was actually sent up.

@@stev6963 Not with Musks continuing advancements. Ypu could even make it incinerate in space if getting it close to the sun doesn't work.

It wasn't talked about, but they do recycle and compost

well, Waste incineration plants significantly reduce the land value around them, even if they filter the exhaust gases properly. This means that the people who lived there before and want to leave will get less money for their house when they move away. Even for tenants it is difficult, because they may only be able to pay their rent there because they do not have enough money.

EPA/air quality/anti toxin regulations

@@derorje2035 Nope. In most cases these places already existed and the residents encroached on the facility, not the other way around. It's not like companies are going around plopping an incinerator plant in the middle of densely populated neighborhoods. That is why they have zoning laws.

@@ShawnJonesHellion 21st century technology solves that, bzzt sorry.

That's not really the workers fault. It more on the city planers. NYC wasn't really developed with a good waste management system in mind, that's why so much trash is just piled on the curb untill it gets picked up.