Pa. fines haulers for trashing recyclables

Recycling Today, Dec, 2004

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has collected $41,000 in penalties from four trash transporters that did not properly recycle separated materials.

An investigation in Latrobe revealed that Greenridge Waste Services allegedly disposed of separated recyclables at a transfer station, rather than dispatching a separate vehicle. Greenridge Waste Services, owned by Allied Waste Industries, paid a $16,000 penalty for the violations.

J.J. Brunner Inc. paid $2,500 for allegedly commingling recyclables and waste collected in March from Ambridge in Beaver County.

County Hauling Corp. of Monongahela paid a $6,500 penalty for disposing of source-separated recyclables in California.

Waste Management Inc. of Pennsylvania paid a $16,000 fine for a violation involving missed pickups of waste and source-separted recyclables that were collected in the same vehicle.