Was Staten Island once a landfill?
Was Staten Island once a landfill? The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres (890 ha) in the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States. The landfill opened in 1948 as a temporary landfill, but by 1955 it became the largest landfill in the world, and it remained so … Read more