New York City Has a $500 Million Trash Problem

New York City handles 3 million tons of municipal waste each year, much of it shipped to out-of-state landfills at a cost of $500 million. Can the city can modernize its costly trash system? Full Story, Video

The City of New York handles nearly 3 million tons of municipal waste every year.

The majority of that gets shipped to landfills outside the city, costing taxpayers around $500 million every year.

But the Sanitation Department wants to modernize New York’s outdated trash system — can they?

To find out, The Wall Street Journal asked an expert in environmental policy.