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District's controversial recycling rule has no effect in Summit and Portage. No counties are banned
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Thursday, Dec 18, 2008
Trash from Summit, Portage and Cuyahoga counties will continue to flow into two landfills in Stark County and one in Tuscarawas County.
The Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste Management District is notifying other counties, including Summit, Portage and Cuyahoga, that they are eligible to continue using its three landfills after June 30, said David Held, director of the three-county district on Tuesday.
''That's good news . . . and a relief,'' said Yolanda Walker, executive director of the Summit-Akron Solid Waste Management Authority.
Held's district has adopted a controversial rule that could block counties that recycle less waste than Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne from using the American Landfill in Stark's Sandy Township, Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in Stark's Pike Township or Kimble Landfill near Dover in Tuscarawas.
Counties unable to comply with the new rule would be forced to ship their waste to other landfills.
Summit and Portage counties both comply with the new rule and the city of Cleveland has a contract to dump at Countywide that must be honored, Held said.
Medina County does not ship any waste to landfills in Stark, Tuscarawas or Wayne counties.
Held said 12 letters were sent out to other counties or garbage districts, and no counties have been banned. Several letters told counties that they must still pay the $100 fee to his district before their applications will be approved, he said.
His district had adopted the rule because Stark, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties were tired of being the dumping ground for 13 percent of Ohio's garbage.
The new rule, adopted in late 2006, was challenged by the National Solid Wastes Management Association, a trade group based in Washington, D.C.
Stark Common Pleas Judge Richard D. Reinbold Jr. ruled that the provision is valid. That ruling has been appealed to the Ohio 5th District Court of Appeals, and a decision is expected soon. Summit and Cuyahoga counties filed briefs with the court supporting the national association. Summit also filed an appeal with a state environmental appeals board.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
Trash from Summit, Portage and Cuyahoga counties will continue to flow into two landfills in Stark County and one in Tuscarawas County.
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