Bethlehem Landfill in PA Introduces New Development Plan for Expansion

The new expansion would add about 20 years to the landfill’s lifespan.

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Representatives for Bethlehem Landfill presented plans to expand onto 86 acres near the Lehigh River, the landfill’s latest step forward in a contentious ongoing bid to extend its useful life. Lawyer for the landfill company Marianne Garber and project engineer Joe McDowell explained the proposal at a township planning commission meeting.

Because only two of the commission’s seven members were present, the body did not have enough members to deliberate or take any action. During her pitch, Garber emphasized that many aspects of the landfill’s operations, like the amount of trash it takes in per day, its hours of operation and the routes trucks take to use the landfill would remain the same if the expansion moves forward. “It’s an expansion that’s going to allow for the existing Bethlehem landfill to continue its business operation as usual,” she said. “This project will allow the business to continue.”

The new expansion would add about 20 years to the landfill’s lifespan. Without it, it has enough space for just over four and a half years of garbage, according to a document the landfill presented in previous conditional use hearings.

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