Summit fears losing dump rights

BY Bob Wang
The Canton Repository

AKRON - Concerned it may be prevented from sending trash to Stark County, Summit County’s waste authority is expected to soon challenge new rules backed by Stark commissioners.

Paul Barnett, a board member of the Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority, said the rules could result in higher waste disposal costs for Summit residents to ship their waste to areas farther away than Stark. He said both counties are linked.

“You’re affecting an economic region,” said Barnett, who’s also Akron’s public works manager. “If you have a negative impact on Summit County, Stark County is affected, too.”...Read more.