One of the most heated subjects was the issue of safety and accidents on roads involving trash haulers. A trash truck from New Jersey overturned on the second day of the operation, after pulling onto a soft shoulder of the Capital Beltway near the Saint Barnabas Road exit in Prince George's County. While the truck was not overweight, the driver picked a spot where the shoulder gave way under the weight of his truck, which rolled on its side. When attempts were made to pull the truck up, the trailer ruptured and tons of trash fell out on the ground. While there is an ongoing debate about the importation of trash, the issue for Maryland is that the state is the principal transportation route to the landfills of Virginia.
Accidents involving waste vehicles constitute a threat to Maryland's environment.
The states in the Mid-Atlantic region will continue to meet to discuss ways to bring balance to the waste marketplace in this region. Officials who participated in this operation agree that other such operations will be conducted in the future.