Landfill rule might keep out garbage from Cleveland
BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository
OHIO - The waste industry is trying to stop the approval of a rule that could prohibit local landfills from accepting trash from Cleveland or other Cuyahoga County cities if they don’t recycle enough.
“Anytime there’s a prohibition of waste, we are not in favor of that,” said Peggy Macenas, the regional manager of the National Solid Wastes Management Association.
The association’s lawyer sent a letter to the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District last week saying the association could file a lawsuit if the rule passes.
But Tuscarawas County Commissioner Kerry Metzger, a key proponent of the rule, isn’t backing down. He doesn’t like that about 75 percent of the district landfill space is being used for waste from outside the district — most of which comes from Cuyahoga and Summit counties. ... Read more.
The Canton Repository
OHIO - The waste industry is trying to stop the approval of a rule that could prohibit local landfills from accepting trash from Cleveland or other Cuyahoga County cities if they don’t recycle enough.
“Anytime there’s a prohibition of waste, we are not in favor of that,” said Peggy Macenas, the regional manager of the National Solid Wastes Management Association.
The association’s lawyer sent a letter to the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District last week saying the association could file a lawsuit if the rule passes.
But Tuscarawas County Commissioner Kerry Metzger, a key proponent of the rule, isn’t backing down. He doesn’t like that about 75 percent of the district landfill space is being used for waste from outside the district — most of which comes from Cuyahoga and Summit counties. ... Read more.
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