NEW YORK (PIX11)—For the first time, TV cameras were allowed to see the state-of-the-art trash terminal at NYCHA’s 60-year-old Polo Grounds campus.
Inside is a $31 million vacuum-powered system that is set to be used in just days.
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“These 150 horsepower fans will suck an air stream. The garbage will be sucked from 20-inch steel pipes from each of the buildings,” said Kevin Smith, a contractor who oversaw the project.”
Garbage thrown in the chutes in the four 31-story towers will travel up to 60 miles per hour. Each week, 30 tons of trash will go underground and directly into these collection bins…