Boston’s Big Dig soil turns dump island into parkland
Boston's Big Dig, a massive highway project begun in 1991, removed over 16 million cubic yards of soil. Nearly a quarter of that material was dumped on Spectacle Island, a former city…
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Shanghai turns toxic riverbank into world-class park
Shanghai transformed a 14-hectare polluted industrial site along the Huangpu River into Houtan Park, opened for the 2010 World Expo. The park's wetland system cleans 634,000 gallons of river water daily, raising…
