The Empire State is going to use illegal cannabis to make renewable energy. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the plan as he unveiled the seizure of 4 tons of illegal marijuana products by local authorities. The confiscated cannabis is now set to be incinerated and converted into clean power in a move that the mayor emphasized was strictly for energy production.
“No one will be getting high off of what we’re burning today,” Adams assured the public. “Trust me.”
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The event took place at a waste-to-energy facility just outside the city. Adams personally used a crane to transfer the cannabis into an incinerator. The heat generated from burning the marijuana, along with other waste materials, will be converted into energy. It will contribute to the power supply for approximately 65,000 homes on Long Island.
Officials explained they chose this method of incineration to prevent attempts at recovering the cannabis from landfills or other waste disposal sites.
“You just really open the door for people going to the landfills and trying to salvage whatever they can,” Adams said. “The goal is the destruction of the product, and not to just dump it somewhere and allow it to sit around.”
Adams noted that an additional 200,000 pounds of illegal cannabis remain on the streets of New York City. He also said his administration remained committed to ensuring its eventual destruction.
[JACK AYLMER]
YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE NEW YORK’S SOURCE OF ENERGY.
[ERIC ADAMS]
“You can smell the cannabis that is, that’s here.”
[JACK AYLMER]
NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS ANNOUNCING A MAJOR ROUNDUP OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS PRODUCTS SEIZED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
TOTALING FOUR TONS, IT WILL NOW BE SET A BLAZE AND TURNED INTO RENEWABLE POWER.
AND YES- THE BURNING WILL BE DONE STRICTLY FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION PURPOSES ONLY.
[ERIC ADAMS]
“Noone will be getting high off of what we’re burning today. Trust me.”
[JACK AYLMER]
THE MAYOR PERSONALLY USED A CRANE TO MOVE THE CANNABIS INTO AN INCINERATOR.
THIS FACILITY JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY IS BEING USED TO BURN THE WEED UP.
HEAT FROM THIS PROCESS AND THE BURNING OF OTHER WASTE IS THEN CONVERTED INTO ENERGY-
WHICH WILL HELP POWER ROUGHLY 65,000 HOMES ON LONG ISLAND.
OFFICIALS SAY THIS DISPOSAL METHOD WAS CHOSEN TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO RECOVER THE CANNABIS.
[ERIC ADAMS]
“You just really open the door for people going to the landfills and trying to salvage whatever they can. The goal is the destruction of the product, and not to just dump it somewhere and allow it to sit around.”
[JACK AYLMER]
ADAMS SAYS ANOTHER 200,000 POUNDS OF ILLEGAL CANNABIS STILL REMAINS ON THE STREETS-
AND HIS ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO DESTROY IT AS WELL.
JACK AYLMER, STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS.
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