Tubes vs. Trucks: A Comparative Analysis of the Impacts of Alternative Waste-Collection Methods with Specific Reference to Roosevelt Island in New York City

This paper compares the economic and environmental impacts of truck collection of household waste with those of the pneumatic tube system employed by one New York City neighborhood, Roosevelt Island (RI), since 1975. Although all homes are connected to the pneumatic system, businesses and institutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Spertus, Juliette, Miller, Benjamin, Kamga, Camille, Douglass, Lisa, Ross, Brian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: 2014
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=FLUX_095_0006