Planning for life with one less landfill on L.I.

BY ANNABEL HOFMANN

Some 14 million pounds of municipal waste are generated each day on Long Island, and every week residents put their garbage bins on the curb so that trash can disappear.

With the expected closure of the Brookhaven Landfll in 2024, Long Island’s waste has one less place to go. The landfll currently accepts about 1.2 million tons of trash per year, and when it closes, about 60,000 trucks will be needed to handle the excess waste, according to a report from Winters Bros. Waste Systems – a Long Island-based waste management company.

“The fact that the Brookhaven Landfll is going to close isn’t a crisis,” said Will Flower, senior vice president of Winters Bros. It is only a problem if the government, private sector and regulatory bodies are unable to devise