In September, 1996 the Montgomery County Planning Commission stated that they were opposed to the last Pottstown Landfill expansion.

1. The daily trash intake limit is too high compared to the waste produced by the region.

a. Disposal needs should not exceed more than 1,500 tons per day for all of Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, and Philadelphia counties. No more than that amount is justified.

b. The Pottstown Landfill has buried between 3,500 and 4,000 tons of trash per day, and was allowed to accept 5,300 tons per day for the Eastern Expansion.

• “Presently the Commonwealth appears to have an overabundance of landfill capacity.”
• “The amount of currently permitted landfill capacity could take over 15 years to use up at our current disposal rates. If this is the case why do we need to expand the Pottstown Landfill at this time?”
• “It is a quality of life issue.”
• “There are too many people living in this community. The landfill should not be allowed to continue to expand.”

• West Pottsgrove must not be permitted to make a regional decision that damages the environment of its neighbors to such an horrendous extent”

• “There are 50,000 people that live within a four mile radius of the landfill. Please don’t allow Waste Management any further expansions

• “We’re concerned about what’s going into the dump, the smell and all the hazards with it.”
• “We’re concerned about the rate it is expanding. It is going to hit our township next.”