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Fwd: NYTimes.com: How the World’s Largest Garbage Dump Evolved Into a Green Oasis

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From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 1:43 PM
Subject: NYTimes.com: How the World's Largest Garbage Dump Evolved Into a Green Oasis
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

From The New York Times:

How the World's Largest Garbage Dump Evolved Into a Green Oasis

The radical fix for a noxious landfill in Staten Island: Bury the trash, plant some grass and do nothing for 20 years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/nyregion/freshkills-garbage-dump-nyc.html?smid=em-share

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