Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful
- Written by Sybil Derrible, Associate Professor of Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, University of Illinois at Chicago
Debris left behind after a tornado strike on Jefferson City, Missouri, May 23, 2019.AP Photo/Summer Ballentine
The most destructive and costliest wildfire in California’s history, the Camp Fire, killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures in November 2018. A year later, crews were still collecting and carrying away piles of wood,...