Dive Summary:
- As reported in an illegal dump survey by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, the first survey of its kind in the U.S., Pennsylvania is host to 6,487 illegal dump sites with 18,516.83 tons of trash.
- Keeping Pennsylvania Beautiful President Shannon Reiter notes that illegal dumping is usually worst in areas with high population density and rural areas where curbside collection services are unavailable.
- Reiter says, "The data has been collected, but now it's time to actually look for solutions." The non-profit organization is working with eight municipalities across six counties to combat illegal dumping through video surveillance and increasing community awareness.
From the article:
"We have sites in Pennsylvania that have 200 tons of trash," she said. [...]
"Even if everybody had curbside pickup, that wouldn't be the end-all solution because we'd still have the construction/demolition waste...It's a complex issue," she said. "Sometimes you have people who don't care and they're going to dump anyway."
