St. Tammany Parish Disposal Site 2 - Unloading Process
February 5th 06:47pm by Denise (modified March 10th 12:49pm)
Trucks are checked in and rated according to the how the trailer is filled with debris by tower monitors. Monitors should verify truck capacities and inspect trucks for proper loading and compaction. When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged the Gulf Coast, they turned dozens of communities into massive trash heaps. When the winds died down and the flood waters receded, the storms left behind a line of debris some 500 miles long. By most estimates, the hurricanes created at least 50 million cubic yards of debris in Louisiana.
