Richard John Santorum, Interstate Municipal Solid Waste Control Act… (1994)
“ Pennsylvania imports far more municipal waste than any other State. In 1993 alone, nearly 4 million tons of waste was shipped into our State for disposal. Almost 2 million tons of waste was shipped to Pennsylvania from New York, and another 1.3 million tons came from New Jersey. According to the waste management industry, this waste is brought to our State because "the political and economic costs of disposal in the generating state become so high that it is 'less expensive' to transport [waste] to other states." ”
