Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island was slated to be a temporary place to put garbage from metropolitan areas of New York City. Officials expected municipal incinerators to take over as the state-of-the-art waste disposal method for New York's large and growing population. The landfill was originally intended to be used for five years, but officials continued to use it when other solutions didn't work as planned. Which statement best describes why continuing to use Fresh Kills Landfill was not an adequate waste management strategy? - Landfills cause more pollution than other waste disposal methods.
- Transporting waste from New York City to Staten Island is too expensive.
- The landfill cannot store trash from a growing population for very long.
- The expected incinerators will cost less than maintaining the landfill.