Rikers Island
- 2/3 of the island was once a landfill now covered
- hazardous waste material was buried there
- Believed to release methane gas from the soil
Stevenson commons Pelham bay landfill
Both these sites had been contaminated by hazardous waste material but been mostly taken cared of prior to 2010
Brownfields
- There is an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 brownfields across The Bronx
- They are being cleaned up by the Office of Environmental Remediation
The most notable brownfields clean ups are shown below
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