No one likes to take out the trash. Now, imagine for a moment a world where you couldn’t get rid of it at all. That was reality for millions of...
No one likes to take out the trash. Now, imagine for a moment a world where you couldn’t get rid of it at all. That was reality for millions of Long Islanders and New Yorkers in the summer of 1987 when the Mobro 4000 made a 6,000 mile journey in an attempt to dispose of over 3,000 tons of garbage. Hear how a mobster-funded business venture turned into a five month Odyssey that involved war planes and accusations of international rat smuggling. Learn how the Mobro 4000 Gar-barge would forever change how Long Island residents and Americans from coast to coast dispose of their garbage.
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