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We are dedicated to preserving the scenic woodlands by the Lehigh River in Lower Saucon Twp, PA from landfill destruction. Please join us!
This truck, operated by a carrier from Chicago, Illinois, was cited on 10/15/25 at Bethlehem Landfill by PA DEP. It had no markings indicating that it's carrying MSW. Also it didn't have written authorization from DEP to carry waste. #NoLandfillExpansion
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This truck, operated by a carrier from Chicago, Illinois, was cited on 10/15/25 at Bethlehem Landfill by PA DEP. It had no markings indicating that it's carrying MSW. Also it didn't have written authorization from DEP to carry waste. #NoLandfillExpansion
Look at this rust bucket! A Truck of Dubious Distinction! City of Allentown truck cited by PA DEP 10/15/25 for not being leak-proof. Imagine all the muck that leaked all over the roadways.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Look at this rust bucket! A Truck of Dubious Distinction! City of Allentown truck cited by PA DEP 10/15/25 for not being leak-proof. Imagine all the muck that leaked all over the roadways.
On 10/15/25 PA DEP was at Bethlehem Landfill and issued violations to this truck from NY, for operating without written authorization and for not properly marking the vehicle that it's carrying municipal solid waste.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On 10/15/25 PA DEP was at Bethlehem Landfill and issued violations to this truck from NY, for operating without written authorization and for not properly marking the vehicle that it's carrying municipal solid waste.
Here's Bethlehem Landfill, in plain view of neighborhoods to the north of Lehigh River. Who decided this was OK?
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Here's Bethlehem Landfill, in plain view of neighborhoods to the north of Lehigh River. Who decided this was OK?
During the 9/16/25 inspection of Bethlehem Landfill, the PA DEP official noted brown liquid in a drainage ditch by an access road. Staff were told to investigate it and clean it up. We hope this doesn't end up in the stormwater system. #NoLandfillExpansion
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
During the 9/16/25 inspection of Bethlehem Landfill, the PA DEP official noted brown liquid in a drainage ditch by an access road. Staff were told to investigate it and clean it up. We hope this doesn't end up in the stormwater system. #NoLandfillExpansion
Violation "Not determined"?: "Gas recovery conducted as per approved plan, including annual analysis; section 273.293 (a)(b)". It seems the DEP inspector questioned whether BLC's gas recovery plan is being followed, since there were several instances of gas odors & methane leaks found on 9/16/25.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Violation "Not determined"?: "Gas recovery conducted as per approved plan, including annual analysis; section 273.293 (a)(b)". It seems the DEP inspector questioned whether BLC's gas recovery plan is being followed, since there were several instances of gas odors & methane leaks found on 9/16/25.
On 9/16/25, the PA DEP inspector noted problems of fugitive emissions at the Southeast section of the dump. Here is an uncapped marker where leachate was seeping on the surface, and the methane level was measured at 6200PPM! The report also noted strong landfill gas odors in several areas.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On 9/16/25, the PA DEP inspector noted problems of fugitive emissions at the Southeast section of the dump. Here is an uncapped marker where leachate was seeping on the surface, and the methane level was measured at 6200PPM! The report also noted strong landfill gas odors in several areas.
Here's an excerpt from the 9/16/25 DEP inspection report on Bethlehem Landfill. A notice of violation related to air quality standards remains outstanding due to BLC's inability to control air contaminants. With such a pattern of failures, why should this dump be allowed to expand?
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here's an excerpt from the 9/16/25 DEP inspection report on Bethlehem Landfill. A notice of violation related to air quality standards remains outstanding due to BLC's inability to control air contaminants. With such a pattern of failures, why should this dump be allowed to expand?
Fracking waste in this PA town was dumped in a nearby landfill. The landfill's toxic leachate couldn't be processed at the wastewater treatment plant! Along the banks of the Monongahela River, fracking waste in a landfill poses a pollution problem • Pennsylvania Capital-Star buff.ly/UR7GNmn
October 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Fracking waste in this PA town was dumped in a nearby landfill. The landfill's toxic leachate couldn't be processed at the wastewater treatment plant! Along the banks of the Monongahela River, fracking waste in a landfill poses a pollution problem • Pennsylvania Capital-Star buff.ly/UR7GNmn
Boom! Billboard on Route 378 in Lower Saucon. We won't stop raising awareness of this most important environmental & quality of life issue in our town. Thanks to the dedicated volunteers who designed this. Thanks for all the support that made this possible! Excellent work! NO Landfill Expansion!
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Boom! Billboard on Route 378 in Lower Saucon. We won't stop raising awareness of this most important environmental & quality of life issue in our town. Thanks to the dedicated volunteers who designed this. Thanks for all the support that made this possible! Excellent work! NO Landfill Expansion!
Enough drama already, Chicken Little! The money from the dump comes at great cost to the hundreds of households within a mile of the dump. It is immoral to expect those households to suffer for this dump! Save our neighborhoods! #NoLandfillExpansion #Closethedump!
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Enough drama already, Chicken Little! The money from the dump comes at great cost to the hundreds of households within a mile of the dump. It is immoral to expect those households to suffer for this dump! Save our neighborhoods! #NoLandfillExpansion #Closethedump!
Bethlehem Landfill's latest scare tactics aren't fooling us. BLC uses the only thing in its favor to perpetuate its infringement on our beautiful community. 94% of municipalities don't have a dump & the taxpayers haven't moved to the poorhouse yet! Go home, Big Garbage. #NoLandfillExpansion!
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bethlehem Landfill's latest scare tactics aren't fooling us. BLC uses the only thing in its favor to perpetuate its infringement on our beautiful community. 94% of municipalities don't have a dump & the taxpayers haven't moved to the poorhouse yet! Go home, Big Garbage. #NoLandfillExpansion!
Here's a quick re-write of a portion of Bethlehem Landfill's most recent self-serving flyer sent to LST residents, because it's an election year. State of the art facility? Burying trash is a stone age idea. Save our forest from out of date technology! #NoLandfillExpansion
September 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Here's a quick re-write of a portion of Bethlehem Landfill's most recent self-serving flyer sent to LST residents, because it's an election year. State of the art facility? Burying trash is a stone age idea. Save our forest from out of date technology! #NoLandfillExpansion
Bethlehem Landfill's self-serving mailer, claims a strong environmental record. HA! The 8/8/25 DEP inspection report shows outstanding violations for fugitive air emissions, air quality, daily cover; and not operating within approved plans and permits. Get the facts: buff.ly/BHQx4o0
September 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Bethlehem Landfill's self-serving mailer, claims a strong environmental record. HA! The 8/8/25 DEP inspection report shows outstanding violations for fugitive air emissions, air quality, daily cover; and not operating within approved plans and permits. Get the facts: buff.ly/BHQx4o0
Here's the exit interview notes from DEP's 7/11/25 inspection of Bethlehem Landfill. Must BLC be told how to manage so many aspects of their facility? This is our beautiful town, our neighborhoods. People want freedom from the effects of the dump. BLC must do better. Or better yet, CLOSE THE DUMP.
August 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here's the exit interview notes from DEP's 7/11/25 inspection of Bethlehem Landfill. Must BLC be told how to manage so many aspects of their facility? This is our beautiful town, our neighborhoods. People want freedom from the effects of the dump. BLC must do better. Or better yet, CLOSE THE DUMP.
Status quo: Vultures observed at the working face by DEP inspector on 7/11/25. Surprisingly, no notice of violation is issued. Here's a snapshot of the law and of the inspector's comments. Note BLC uses LST's nuisance ordinance as an excuse, while nuisance birds continue to plague the neighborhoods.
August 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Status quo: Vultures observed at the working face by DEP inspector on 7/11/25. Surprisingly, no notice of violation is issued. Here's a snapshot of the law and of the inspector's comments. Note BLC uses LST's nuisance ordinance as an excuse, while nuisance birds continue to plague the neighborhoods.
DEP inspection of Bethlehem Landfill on 7/11/25 shows outstanding violations from 2024 related to air quality & air pollution. (see excerpts from the report). Will BLC ever be in compliance with sections 273.217(b) & 273.217(a) of the PA Solid Waste Mgmt Act? #NoLandfillExpansion #BethlehemLandfill
August 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
DEP inspection of Bethlehem Landfill on 7/11/25 shows outstanding violations from 2024 related to air quality & air pollution. (see excerpts from the report). Will BLC ever be in compliance with sections 273.217(b) & 273.217(a) of the PA Solid Waste Mgmt Act? #NoLandfillExpansion #BethlehemLandfill
Here's an oldie but a goodie. Bethlehem Landfill has violations outstanding going back to Feb 2024 and Feb 2025 because the Southeast corner of the landfill is still stinking up the area! Daily and Intermediate cover not adequate, flagging of waste. See excerpt. Sections 273.233(b)(1) and 273.233(c)
August 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Here's an oldie but a goodie. Bethlehem Landfill has violations outstanding going back to Feb 2024 and Feb 2025 because the Southeast corner of the landfill is still stinking up the area! Daily and Intermediate cover not adequate, flagging of waste. See excerpt. Sections 273.233(b)(1) and 273.233(c)
On the 7/11/25 DEP inspection report, outstanding violations are noted, from Feb 2025 & Feb 2025 since Bethlehem Landfill has not promptly corrected deficiencies. That's a violation of Section 273.218(b)(3). (See text in photo) #NoLandfillExpansion #BethlehemLandfill
August 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
On the 7/11/25 DEP inspection report, outstanding violations are noted, from Feb 2025 & Feb 2025 since Bethlehem Landfill has not promptly corrected deficiencies. That's a violation of Section 273.218(b)(3). (See text in photo) #NoLandfillExpansion #BethlehemLandfill
Section 273.201(c)(2) of the PA Solid Waste Management Act is pretty basic. Does the facility operate in accordance with approved plans and permits? The July 11, 2025 DEP inspection Report apparently says no! See attached. Full Report can be found here buff.ly/NHKlRPY
August 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Section 273.201(c)(2) of the PA Solid Waste Management Act is pretty basic. Does the facility operate in accordance with approved plans and permits? The July 11, 2025 DEP inspection Report apparently says no! See attached. Full Report can be found here buff.ly/NHKlRPY
Jersey City earned an award for the PJP Landfill cleanup. After many years, with EPA help & $74 million in today's dollars, the wetland was restored, & the land was redevloped into a warehouse & public park. EPA Recognizes Jersey City, N.J., Superfund Site For Excellence In Reuse buff.ly/OdSRwdX
July 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Jersey City earned an award for the PJP Landfill cleanup. After many years, with EPA help & $74 million in today's dollars, the wetland was restored, & the land was redevloped into a warehouse & public park. EPA Recognizes Jersey City, N.J., Superfund Site For Excellence In Reuse buff.ly/OdSRwdX
Here's a fact sheet from EPA about the cleanup & re-purpose of land from the PJP Landfill fire. In the mid-1980's, NJ DEP finally stopped the fire that had burned for some 15 years, by excavating the drums of industrial waste. Cleanup took until 2012 to compete.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Here's a fact sheet from EPA about the cleanup & re-purpose of land from the PJP Landfill fire. In the mid-1980's, NJ DEP finally stopped the fire that had burned for some 15 years, by excavating the drums of industrial waste. Cleanup took until 2012 to compete.
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Buried drums of chemicals caught fire inside PJP Landfill in Jersey CIty, NJ, and continued to burn during the 1970's & 1980's. It became a superfund site, costing $25 million to remediate. PJP LANDFILL | Superfund Site Profile | Superfund Site Information | US EPA buff.ly/Rp6bRD3
July 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Buried drums of chemicals caught fire inside PJP Landfill in Jersey CIty, NJ, and continued to burn during the 1970's & 1980's. It became a superfund site, costing $25 million to remediate. PJP LANDFILL | Superfund Site Profile | Superfund Site Information | US EPA buff.ly/Rp6bRD3
Studies of ETLF show that coal ash can be a source of heat generation after it mixes with water. Coal ash contains alkaline metal oxides that when hydrated, produce carbonates. Hydration and carbonation release heat. When heat is trapped deep inside a landfill, pyrolysis can occur. buff.ly/Qz7yivF
July 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Studies of ETLF show that coal ash can be a source of heat generation after it mixes with water. Coal ash contains alkaline metal oxides that when hydrated, produce carbonates. Hydration and carbonation release heat. When heat is trapped deep inside a landfill, pyrolysis can occur. buff.ly/Qz7yivF
Characteristics of Elevated Temperature Landfills (ETLFs) Temp over 149F, decreased methane, increase in carbon monoxide & hydrogen, leachate with high oxygen demand, excessive leachate production, compaction rates exceeding 3%/year, high production of VOCs, increased gas pressure. buff.ly/Qz7yivF
July 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Characteristics of Elevated Temperature Landfills (ETLFs) Temp over 149F, decreased methane, increase in carbon monoxide & hydrogen, leachate with high oxygen demand, excessive leachate production, compaction rates exceeding 3%/year, high production of VOCs, increased gas pressure. buff.ly/Qz7yivF