Fresh_Kills

Fresh Kills FRESH KILLS ECOLOGY REPORT The Fresh Kills which is located on the western shore of Staten Island is a famous landfill. Just about half of the 2,200 acre landfill is composed with 4 diferent sections known as 1/9 2/8 3/4 and 6/7which range in height from about 90 feet to just about 225 feet. These sections are the result of more than 50 years of landfilling which hosehold all different types of waste. Two of these Four sections are capped and fully closed and the other two are now being prepared to be closed and capped. The Fresh Kills is used for many other things such as residential services, Which is 1,200 residential units, 18 acres of industrial use including a private waste transfer station. There is also over 40 acres of commercial development are also currently in the planning stages for the area. Very close to a quarter of the study area is used for manufacturing, industrial work, utilities and very common transportation which is most concentrated in the West.just about 15%of the total is the Fresh Kills Landfill Complex.Other uses in this category include Port Mobil oil storage, a paper recycling plant and the NRG Power Plant. On the landfill, kills, fresh, waste, shore, services, residential, industrial, including, gases, gas, different, area, about, years, west, very, two, toxins, storage, several, sections, removed, quarter, plant, plans, parks, organic, open, oil, natural, methane, manufacturing, land, include