A year of cleaning up illegal dumpsites cost Philly taxpayers nearly $9 million, report says

Philadelphia spent approximately $8.6 million on remediating illegal dumpsites between October 2024 and September 2025. According to a report released by City Controller Christy Brady, these taxpayer-funded cleanup efforts were necessary to manage unauthorized waste disposal across the city during that one-year period.
Philadelphia spent an estimated $8.6 million remediating illegal dumpsites from Oct. 1 2024 to Sept. 30 2025, according to a report released Tuesday by City Controller Christy Brady.
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