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http://whnt.com/2018/04/04/train-hauling-10m-pounds-of-human-feces-stranded-in-walker-county-town-god-help-us-if-it-gets-hot/
PARRISH, Ala. – Right now, dozens of train cars carrying 10 million pounds of poop are stranded in a rural Alabama rail yard. Technically it’s biowaste, but to the 982 residents in the small town of Parrish, that’s just semantics.
They want it gone. The load has been there for almost two months, and it’s making the whole place smell like a rotting animal carcass.
To add insult to injury, it isn’t even their poop. For the last year, waste management facilities in New York and one in New Jersey have been shipping tons of biowaste — literally, tons — to Big Sky Environmental, a private landfill in Adamsville, Alabama. But in January, the neighboring town of West Jefferson filed an injunction against Big Sky to keep the sludge from being stored in a nearby rail yard.
It was successful — but as a result, the poo already in transit got moved to Parrish, where there are no zoning laws to prevent the waste from being stored.
Itsmeredhat
Yanks beat them back to 'Bama and then shipped their sh!t there...classic.
louferrigno
Caca.
TheRealKith
This is why zoning laws matter, folks.
QualitySteel
AintYouGuysGonnaAskAboutMyHat
It’s right at home in Alabama
ThePing
It's not just biowaste; it's biowaste from *New Jersey*. God help those poor people.
ShipsPassingintheNight
Fuck the poo-poo!
basicwhitelich
*say something nice. Be intelligent. Be smart. Don'tbe you just for once* "I'M THE CONDUCTOR OF THE POOP TRAIN!"
CometLaHal
toot toot!
liziebizzie
I live in Walker County. This is actually the first I’ve heard of the poop train, but honestly it doesn’t surprise me..
liziebizzie
It’d be interesting to hunt this down and take pics or something but the smell ????
solaslunas
wow, they really couldn't write the damn thing to prevent anything not currently in transit? someone did a shit job.
crazycatladiesruletheworld
My question is, why isn't this turned into biosolids and used as fertilizer? It happens.
milwaSpaceRunner
Theres a Freakanomics podcast about this, pretty sad, shall link in the tomorrow.
IsACouchASeat
The train cars are filled with biosolids, and are to be used as fertilizer, which will be mixed with soil to provide a cover for the landfil
metaxum
As a new yorker
hammersquirrel
The funny part is that Hank Hill was born in the Bronx
3mikey1
I find it interesting they went with “$£!+” when just changing to “$#!+” makes it almost read as “shit”.
SendMePicturesOfYourDog
I never realized until now why those specific characters were chosen
Frogthebountyhunter
koops
"Hey guys did you get that thing I sent you?"
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Blitzkrieg05
I hate government regulation, but shit like this is why we can’t have nice things.
UnknownVD
How much poo is that in dollars?
JudgeNotByTheColorOfOnesSkinButByTheContentsOfOnesDumps
At least 12
Sheldonian
A shit ton?
Grillparzer
A shit load.
BusinessShower
Radiolab episode about NY's poop problem:http://www.radiolab.org/story/poop-train/
VolcanoHerder
Thank you! Came here hoping someone else had linked so I wouldn't have to hunt for it. +1 from my lazy ass (that didn't poop on the train).
IThinkYouGotAFineBrainJack
You guys really got to get your shit together.
Sheldonian
The problem is that they did
Toxiclikeahemlocksip
Am I the only one who finds it hilarious that the injunction they filed kinda backfired?
TielKiri
It wasn't their's, it was someone else's injunction. They were also in Alabama, though.
IceWeaselX
#2: Why is a guy from Georgia using £ in his self-censorship? That's not standard on American keyboards.
Brlingblank
Fast forward 2 years - someone has made a B rated Zombie movie about this and you scrolled down far enough on Netflix to find it.
venomousduck78
That’s an Epic load of shit
ConcertoForOrchestra
As an nj resident, all I can think about is how some of that might be my poop.
Grillparzer
We appreciate your contribution.
RandomSecretFart
Do they need poop knives?
JM1863
HobbitHouse
Oh god. What an awful reminder.
RandomSecretFart
TablesBobbyTables
You should go on Shark Tank. Cut the crap and listen to my idea...
Ampersandzer0
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definitelynotawolf
Thank you so much for this I’ve been confused and horrified for months
RandomSecretFart
DidaChikDumaChum
FabulousFire
Perfect.
DeltaBladeX
I know how they can fix the problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEizJ-TWua0
PeopleAreMadeToBeBroken
THAT SENTENCE HAD TOO MANY SYLLABLES! APOLOGISE!
TheLibrarianInTights
That's disgusting and sad.
Ipostrandomfactsaboutmyself
From NY. Our poo is ok. But your fucked when it comes to Jersey poo. It's 10% tanning oil. Very flammable.
TheLibrarianInTights
Whats the difference between Jersey Girls and bags of garbage?
TheLibrarianInTights
garbage gets picked up!
bongles
I love that most new yorkers hate new jersey
Ipostrandomfactsaboutmyself
We don't hate them. It's like we're the Yanks and they're the Mets. Nice people but of lesser quality.
tomyironmane
It is the economic model of New York. Siphon off the good stuff, dump your shit on everyone else.
C141Clay
It's EPIC !
Tampaps4
This can't be true why not send it to the sanitation plant ? Seriously putting feces on a freight car
OmnibusLatinName
And the least bit unexpected :(
GryphonHunter
This just proves New York and New Jersey are full of assholes
Antermosiph
I just moved up here to rochester, I think they're all to drunk. Seriously whats with all the bars? One every block.
MrDeadsr
It shows that even local politicians are useless
VeryRealGirlAndNotRussianBot
Tons of them apparantly...
GryphonHunter
I think you're the only one who got my joke in this thread, so thanks
VeryRealGirlAndNotRussianBot
Nw i gotcha mate.
FoxySpirit
Millions of assholes producing tons of shit.
jenaleelee
14 billion assholes
DeathStarTrek
Proves? I don't think anyone, including locals, denied that remark.
LordOfNapTime
Look at those 4 people from the grundle of the US downvote what you and I know is the absolute truth.
Bombideer
"Bad news is doctors have discovered a disease with no known cures or symptoms. Good news is it is entirely isolated within New Jersey."
Helst
New Yorker here, you're correct.
Kira665
New Jersey here, yep.
ColostomyBrag
I smell what you're saying.
BowlDestroyer
New Jersey here. You're both correct
mathmad26
New Jerseian but New Yorker by birth. Yes, we are, but this is more the fault of local and state Gov'ts than ours.
Brandnewsecondhand
yes, humans poop
ekudram
At least they are no longer full of crap.
InfinitusEquitas
Oh yes we are! Well... our politicians are. They suck, and not in a good way.
FatherDale
Start a GoFundMe to have it sent to Washington.
MisterLemons
We can't, the place is already too full of shit, there's no room left.
BookSmart
Please god no, my commute is bad as it is.
m3mb3rb3rri3s
Send it to Gov Herbert in UT. He's actively opposing legalization of medical cannabis and belongs to live with the shit he brings himself.
paulpounder
The orange man isn’t there very often it’s better to ship it to Mar-a-Lago because he is always there.
nonamejanie
And dumped on Pennsylvania Ave!
JupiterJedi
Great idea! I'd also like to donate some poop
whatbuttondoipush
Hanford won't even notice.
crocha9
I like this!
paulpounder
ThePakistallion
I would donate to purchase the biowaste and package it, and send it in fan mail to the president and Vice President.
MatrimBloodyCauthon
Dibs. Now I get to do that
Gingerella
D.C. to the politicians? Or state so it doesn’t get too warm?
rando84
In DC, we associate Congress with the rest of the country.
HobbitHouse
As a Washington state resident -DC. D.C.
tomyironmane
As one of the "Deplorable scum" living in "those pissant flyover states" D.C.
MarcoPoloOnPollo
Yes.
UranusSpelunker
Why send it to the one place already busting at the seems? To be clear I include all both major parties in the full of shit category.
rando84
As a DC resident, how is that different than what you guys send us already?
paulpounder
definitelynotawolf
Eh, I’m used to it now I just plug my nose and ears and go about my business
IDontCareIfIUseThisMemeWrongSwissIsNeutral
Merica, what's wrong with you? Never heard of water treatment, biogasplants and all this other cool stuff to prevent sh*t like this?
Begotten
Obviously not, after all this train is carrying shit from the entire country
CometLaHal
we literally just ok'd a new coal plant and are raising tariffs on imported solar tech dont talk to us about clean energy/waste
Greatwood
It doesnt make a buck at the expense of the planet
IsACouchASeat
This is not poop, it is biosolids, the bits left over after water treatment. It is fertilizer meant to be mixed with soil, cover the landfil
SkippedOver
Short version: Because New York City makes a lot of poop, and they can't meet disposal need internally so it outsources the job. 1/?
SkippedOver
Long version: Your average human makes 124 grams of poop a day. NYC, the largest source of the poop on that train has 8.5 million people 2/?
SkippedOver
(not factoring tourism and animals). That's 1054 metric tons (A little over 2 million pounds of poop) of poop a day. NYC alone 3/?
SkippedOver
could fill that train in a little under 5 days for reference. NYC as well has a very high urban density and land value, which makes 4/?
SkippedOver
construction of said facilities nearby prohibitive and likely less cost efficient. Given the city also has good access to rail, barge, 5/?