Residents again air landfill concerns

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

CANTON TOWNSHIP – More than 100 people came Thursday to an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency information session about odors from Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility in Pike Township, Stark County.

The landfill was declared a public nuisance by Joseph Koncelik, OEPA director, on Sept. 6. Landfill officials were given a Dec. 15 deadline to fix the problem. The landfill, north of Bolivar, is owned by Republic Services of Ohio.

Kurt Princic, environmental manager of the Northeast District of the OEPA, said the meeting’s attendance shows the concern of residents, and the OEPA finds the situation unacceptable....Read more.