Landfill odor prompts statewide warning

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR – “We have a big old science project going on here,” commented Richard Regula, Stark County commissioner and chairman of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors.

Regula was referring to information by Kurt Princic, environmental manager, of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency during Friday’s board meeting. Princic said the odor issue, which is believed to be caused by aluminum dross/saltcake at Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility in Pike Township of Stark County, has raised a red flag for landfills throughout Ohio that accept the material....Read more.