Does Alliance Landfill do anything to police the large number of trucks that access its property every day?
Yes. Alliance Landfill has in place numerous practices and procedures designed to make sure that the trucks using our landfill do not create a nuisance or create a hazard to motorists. First, all trailer trucks that use our landfill must use I-476, the former Northeast Extension. Trailer drivers who do not present a turnpike ticket at our scalehouse are issued a landfill citation. If a driver receives a second citation, he is suspended from the landfill for six months. If a driver receives a third citation, he is expelled from the landfill and barred from returning. All trucks leaving the landfill are inspected twice, once by the driver and once by a Waste Management employee. Both of these inspections are intended to make sure that the trailer is in good condition, is free of mud and rocks that often lodge in tire treads, and is free of litter that could blow away once the rig returns to the road. And twice each month, an Alliance contractor conducts a surprise, Pennsylvania Departmen
