New York City does not still dump any of their garbage in the Ocean.
New York city used to dump their garbage in the ocean up until around 1992.
A federal mandate made it illegal for cities including New York City to dump their garbage in oceans.
After protracted quarreling with the state of New Jersey, New York City was then forced by the Supreme Court, in 1934, to stop dumping in the open ocean.
These days, when the garbage scows head out, they're all going to Fresh Kills, Staten Island.
The New York City garbage is transferred by barge and truck to a transfer station in New Jersey, and then winds up in any of many landfills in several states.
How does the United States of America deal with its garbage?
Some trash such as paper, cardboard, plastic, metal and glass is recycled.
In New York, commercial businesses rely on private service.
But for residences, the city of New York collects garbage free of charge from everyone including houses, midrises, huge apartment buildings, public housing complexes.
That's more than 800,000 residential buildings, producing about 24 million pounds of waste a day.