Supreme Court passes on case regarding landfill

Copley Ohio Newspapers

EAST SPARTA – The environmental group Club 3000 can’t inspect any new areas inside the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in Stark County’s Pike Township.

On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal filed by Club 3000....Read more.

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.

Input is sought on plan for landfills in Oregon

By Tom Henry
The Toledo Blade

OREGON, OHIO - Built long before the modern era of solid waste laws, the Oregon landfills operated by the former Fondessy Enterprises Inc. are a throwback to another era.

Now, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has come up with a new plan to minimize the risk posed by them to local groundwater supplies....Read more.