What Happens To NYC’s 3.2 Million Tons Of Trash | Big Business | Business Insider

New York City is one of the most wasteful cities in the world. But none of its trash is actually processed in NYC. It's sent to waste-to-energy facilities and landfills as far away as Ohio and South Carolina. It takes a vast network of sanitation workers, trucks, trains, cranes, and barges — and $429 million a year — to get it there.

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[martindonoval]

I hate how society hates on garbage men and puts them as the bad example what happends when you dont study. Tf, theyre SO important its not even funny. Mad respect. <3

[dannyzero]

“You don’t smell garbage you smell money”

Yo someone give this man a raise

[joseyeastwood]

Amazing i never realized how much goes into the daily grind of handling garbage love and respect to all of our sanitation workers.

[notallthatbad]

I used to have the weirdest job years ago. I would follow around a garbage truck in the wee hours of the morning counting how many "yards" (bags) of trash they would throw into the garbage truck. I even got to ride on the back of the truck once when there was nothing else to do and helped load trash into it. Gave me massive respect for sanitation workers. They are literally keeping society clean and disease free. Without them, things would fall apart very quickly.

[CockatooDude]

Honestly it's reporting like this that all media outlets should aspire to.

[losethegame]

As a residential plumber who regularly sticks his whole arm into drains, I have mad respect for trash workers. Hes so right that you dont smell the stink, you smell the $$. These types of jobs keeps America running.

[johnshields]

I used to pick up recycled cans, paper, for huge recycling company, it's cool to see how they separate and reuse a lot of trash, big money. And when you see it on conveyor belts being separated it's really not dirty like I'd always thought, plastic, paper, glass, aluminum cans, pretty amazing seeing blocks of aluminum just from cans.

[JCofficial]

Unless you are living alone in the wilderness you are always relying on other people for everything, even if it doesn't seem like it. This is big work. So much respect to these people

[october]

"Rain, snow, hail, storm. There's no stopping us"

The tide: Say no more

[beckoningtrack]

Crazy seeing those cranes in a video and not just in person. I was part of a crew that installed the ones you see at 4:20

[davy]

I found a antique wood piano bench in a landfill once and brought it home and my whole family gave me a hard time about it but I spent about a month sanding it all down and refinishing it and now it's beautiful and my family loves it.

[pranavkakkar]

I've started appreciating sanitation workers in the pandemic. Respect.

[TheRealJohnMadden]

It’s pretty insane that a lot of these jobs that people make fun of play such a huge part in our daily lives. If these jobs didn’t exist, we probably couldn’t exist or would be a disease ridden world.

[somecuntxxx]

Russell is just that one kind of guy that makes you say
he's kind to:
neighbors
friends
family
pets
fish
ghosts
the equipment in the factory
plants
fungus
worms
inanimate objects
the ground
the sky
trees
grass
weeds
bugs
bees
anything that exists Russell has to be chill with really

[Jrãgaoh]

This is incredible. I would so like to see this start a movement that helps dispose of trash in a way that can be beneficial on top of being healthy for the environment.

[mtvh]

"you don't smell garbage, you smell money."

Frank 2021

[unabrazoatodoslosbuenos]

Bless all our sanitation workers. Thanks for your great service.

[tsuoggyy]

"You don't smell garbage, you smell money" he got a point

[tjlazer]

I worked on a garbage truck for three weeks. Hardest job in my life. Respect to those that do it, especially in big cities like NY.

[WolfPrideProductions]

New York: "Jersey is trash"
New Jersey: "...excuse me, do you want this back then?"