Introduction:
One of the world’s most extensive and most populated cities, New York City, needs help to control its solid garbage. Managing solid waste effectively is essential to solving environmental and sustainability challenges in a city with such a high population density. The effects of the COVID-19 epidemic, various municipal waste management systems, and international initiatives in carbon capture and storage (CCS) atlases are considered as this essay investigates the difficulties, innovations, and opportunities in solid waste management in NYC.
Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations for Effective Solid Waste Management During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic:
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted NYC’s solid waste management procedures. Increased healthcare activities have increased medical waste, including old PPE and biomedical waste. In contrast, the widespread usage of takeout containers and single-use plastics has increased the amount of plastic garbage (Nanda, S., & Berruti, 2021). Creative solutions are required to solve these issues with waste management during and after the epidemic. Researchers have investigated robots and AI-integrated automated waste treatment systems to increase the effectiveness of garbage sorting and processing. In addition, composting techniques and contemporary waste-to-energy conversion technologies are being investigated as sustainable solutions to manage various waste streams and lessen the environmental impact of trash disposal. By implementing these improvements, NYC can get one step closer to a solid waste management system that is more effective and sustainable.
Municipal Solid Waste Management and Landfilling Technologies: A Review:
An all-encompassing strategy, including composting, incineration, recycling, and landfilling, is required to handle solid waste in NYC. By converting organic waste into valuable compost, composting is an environmentally benign process that lowers the amount of garbage dumped in landfills. Even if it is debatable, incinerating garbage can produce energy from waste and support a circular economy. Although landfilling is still essential in waste management, sustainable approaches are needed. Critical components like landfill liners, leachate collection systems, and landfill gas recovery facilities are needed to reduce the environmental impact of landfills. Using bioreactor dumps for waste stabilization has become more popular since they speed up trash degradation while minimizing the overall landfill footprint.
An Overview of Carbon Capture and Storage Atlases around the World:
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are receiving more and more attention on a global scale due to growing worries about climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. CCS atlases offer vital information on prospective locations for storing carbon dioxide (CO2) that has been captured. The City of New York can learn from international practices to develop sustainable CCS technology by examining CCS atlases from Brazil, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, and the United States (Ciotta et al., 2020). We will compare and assess the methodology used in these atlases to find the best methods for implementing CCS. Additionally, other factors like social and environmental difficulties must be considered for CCS initiatives to be effective in NYC. NYC can significantly reduce climate change and fulfill its environmental sustainability goals by implementing CCS technologies.
Conclusion:
Practical solid waste management is an essential component of NYC’s environmental sustainability and public health. Innovative responses to the problems caused by the COVID-19 epidemic are now required, including automated waste treatment systems and sustainable waste-to-energy conversion technology. A thorough waste management strategy must include landfilling, recycling, composting, and incineration. Investigating CCS atlases from different parts of the world can help NYC’s efforts to mitigate climate change. The use of CCS technologies and sustainable landfilling methods will lessen NYC’s environmental effect and serve as a role model for other urban regions dealing with similar issues.
References
Ciotta, M., Peyerl, D., Barrozo, L., Anna, L. S., dos Santos, E. M., Bermann, C., … & Tassinari, C. (2020). An overview of carbon capture and storage atlases around the world. Environmental Geosciences, 27(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1306/eg.10221919015
Nanda, S., & Berruti, F. (2021). Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 19, 1433-1456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01100-y
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