Fresh Kills Official Closure Announcement - May 24, 2022

NYC Sanitation, NYC Parks and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Announce Final Certification of Fresh Kills Landfill Closure

Certification is key step in decades-long process of converting Fresh Kills from landfill to park

The NYC Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, Parks Commissioner Susan M. Donoghue and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the final certification of the closure of the Fresh Kills landfill, closing the chapter on what was once the world’s largest solid waste management site. The Commissioners made the announcement standing atop the former landfill nearly 20 years after the it received its final piece of debris from Ground Zero and months ahead of the opening of North Park, the first major phase of what will become a 2,200-acre park. Since 1986, the Department of Sanitation has invested $980 million to safely and responsibly close Fresh Kills landfill.
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