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(47,486 posts) Thu Jul 4, 2013, 10:44 AM Jul 2013

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80,000 cu. ft of debris

have been collected, so far, from the Jersey shores following Sandy. And no one knows what is still down there. This is why some of the beaches are still closed. As reported yesterday on NBC News.

What I wonder is what was done with all the debris. Land fills? In the densely populated New Jersey?

Just wondering.

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80,000 cu. ft of debris (Original Post) question everything Jul 2013 OP

It sounds like a lot but that's only a cube 43 feet on a side Fumesucker Jul 2013 #1

Posting provable facts. RC Jul 2013 #3

Probably landfills. Buzz Clik Jul 2013 #2

Each DAY NYC generates 37 million cubic feet of trash. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2013 #4

Wow! That's a lot! question everything Jul 2013 #5

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

1. It sounds like a lot but that's only a cube 43 feet on a side

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 10:47 AM

Jul 2013

The cube root of 80,000 is roughly 43.1.

RC

(25,592 posts)

3. Posting provable facts.

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 11:00 AM

Jul 2013

How quaint.

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

2. Probably landfills.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 10:49 AM

Jul 2013

Not many alternatives.

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

4. Each DAY NYC generates 37 million cubic feet of trash.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 11:06 AM

Jul 2013

Not much of a drop in that bucket.

1087:1 actually.

question everything

(47,486 posts)

5. Wow! That's a lot!

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 11:23 AM

Jul 2013

Where does NYC put it?

No wonder Bloomberg is trying to set curbside compost (I think).

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