What happened to all the debris from the world trade center?

Question

All that concrete, steel, and other stuff...what did they do with it?

Answer 1

The company hired to do the removal of the debris is called Controlled Demolition (I don't know if they're an Inc., an LLC, A LTD, or whatecer though?).

A lot of times the debris from demolitions are scavenged to be reused in other construction projects and are a big part of the revenues of the demolition companies.

Since your question is very good, and I don't really know the answer, I looked a bit on google, and found this from the wikipedia site -

A few site relics, including the cross, the Vesey Street "Survivors' Staircase" [1], and a PATH station passageway to the Eighth Avenue subway-station platforms, remain.

Pieces of the steel and other relics that were recovered there were preserved by the U.S. and other governments included evidence, a U.S. flag, a Union Flag presented back to the British government, and a New Zealand Flag presented back to the New Zealand government a piece of steel later buried at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan, pieces of steel later displayed as public art, the "last-piece" of steel, and personal and corporate effects exhibited at museums.

The remaining 181,400 tons of steel were sold for $120 a ton to foundries in China, India and South Korea, and later recycled as various things including automobile parts, challenge coins, commemorative coins, commemorative crucifixes and Stars of David, commemorative knives, food cans, household appliances, paper clips and rebar.

World Trade Center Commemorative Medallions and certificates of authenticity, 2001The owner of the IAM International Agile Manufacturing LLC foundry in Statesboro, Ga. purchased a 50-ton piece of steel and reforged it into one-pound (4.375-inches x 3.5-inches x 0.375-inches) "World Trade Center Commemorative Medallions." The foundry gave medallions to the victims' families and sold the remainder publicly without profit for $39.95 each. The medallions portrayed the former Manhattan skyline against the U.S. flag. After receiving complaints, the foundry stopped its reforging of the steel and returned the remainder to the site where it was resold for recycling.

Despite the other recycling, only the medallions were stopped; relatively few medallions are therefore in private collection.

Answer 2

Believe it or not, it was all collected and taken to a central location where it could be examined and sifted for human remains, personal belongings, and other critical objects.

I beileve the location for the dump site was somewhere on Long Island. Many of the larger pieces of steel and crushed vehicles are currently preserved in a number of warehouses. One of the networks did a news story about the debris for the 5th anninversary. Amazing how much stuff surivived the collapse and the storys that the objects themselves tell.

I believe the Port Authority of New York has custody of the debris.

Answer 3

I think they shipped it off to a spot in New Jersey where they went through everything with a fine toothed comb to investigate the remains of the building and retrieve evidence.

Some of the steel beams were sent to different parts of the country for small memorials. We have some beams here in St.Louis, MO - they are on display in a small memorial next to a highway.

Answer 4

185,101 Tons of structural steel has been recycled to salvage yards in New Jersey and some was sent to a place in Long Island to be investigated and sifted through for body parts and other information.

Answer 5

They got rid of it before anyone could analyze it properly. They spent more time/money investigating Bill Clinton's ejaculate on Monica's dress than they did investigating the debris from the WTC.

Go figure...

Answer 6

they sold it on e bay.

Answer 7

They got rid of it!

Answer 8

Dumped it.