A number of local activist groups will be hosting a public meeting on Elcon Recycling Services’s proposed hazardous waste treatment facility this week.
The meeting is slated for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Fallsington Meeting House at 9300 New Falls Road in the Fallsington section of Falls Township.
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The group of activists, led by Protect Our Water and Air, will provide an update for community members on the project that looks to construct a hazardous waste water recycling facility on a 22-acre portion of a 33-acre property in the Keystone Industrial Port Complex. Fred Stein of the Bristol Borough-based Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Russ Zerbo of the Clean Air Council, Bordentown, New Jersey, Deputy Mayor John Brodowski, and Sharon Furlong of Bucks Environmental Action are all expected to speak at the event.
In filings and public statements, Elcon has they expect to employ about 55 people at the automated facility that can handle about 410 metric tons of waste a day. The facility has been expected to process 150,000 to 210,000 tons of chemical and pharmaceutical waste that would be transported to the facility every year.
Activists have opposed the facility over safety concerns while Elcon officials have stressed that their plan is safe.
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