1. Garbage Barge
In New York, trash barges are primary characters in the choreographed voyage of 14 million tons of trash off the island each year, heralding their arrival with a big ass fog horn that suits it. They have lots of personality. A story is guaranteed to be more interesting if there’s a barge in it.
Here’s a barge story: After New York City ran out of landfill space in 1987, a mafia-linked trash barge carried nearly 3,000 tons of mysterious garbage up and down the east coast for around six months asking if anybody wanted some trash. Typical barge.
