SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): Empowered Community Development Corporation is creating three legal dump sites in Southwest Philadelphia, with large public trash cans where anyone can dispose of household trash. “We wanted to create an outlet for people to be able to legally get rid of their waste,” said Isaiah T. Martin, Empowered CDC’s president and CEO. Martin recently announced his candidacy for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District race.

Empowered CDC’s legal dump site project is part of a slew of local anti-dumping initiatives funded by grants from the William Penn Foundation. Under the same grant program, a nonprofit in North Philadelphia started offering vouchers to small waste haulers to dispose of trash legally in October.

One motivation for Empowered CDC’s project was the limitations of the city-run sanitation convenience centers, which accept household trash, oversized items, recycling and yard debris from Philadelphia residents. The city-run centers are open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., making them difficult to access for people who work 9-to-5 jobs, Martin said.

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