Philadelphia Advocates Urge Mayor, City Council to Allow Small Haulers to Use City-Run Sites

Philadelphia residents are calling for the city’s new Mayor and Council to change the rules at city-run sanitation convenience centers.

Advocates of the group, Trash Academy, launched a letter-writing campaign last week, targeting Mayor Cherlle Parker and several other council members. Trash Academy is trying to get city-run disposal centers to accept waste from small commercial haulers, for an affordable fee. This change could have a positive impact on the amount of illegal dumping seen in Philadelphia.

“What we’re trying to do is give the small haulers somewhere that they can dump, without actually having to dump on our streets,” said Lois Williams, a leader of Trash Academy.

Currently, Philadelphia’s six convenience centers only accept waste from residents and have a ban on construction waste which makes up a large portion of materials dumped in fast-developing neighborhoods.

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