The Inner Life Of A City Gets Dragged To The Curb

Collecting trash left by Katrina -- about 22 million tons for New Orleans alone -- is expected to take months, if not years.

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November 14, 2005, 11:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The amount is roughly one-tenth of the waste produced annually by US municipalities - but this rancid rubble needs to be picked up and deposited all at once.

...Crews are picking up 70,000 cubic yards of debris per day, and more workers are showing up every day to take part in the massive cleanup. The hard part is separating the paint cans from the appliances, the tree limbs from the roof shingles, and the couches from the cleaning supplies - all of which got blended together in the swirling, swampy conditions."

FULL STORY: The inner life of a city gets dragged to the curb

Monday, November 14, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

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