Countywide buys more property
BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository
PIKE TWP - Despite facing possible closure, Countywide landfill is so optimistic it will operate for decades, it bought 57 acres of adjoining land for $960,000 in December.
Will Flower, a spokesman for Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility and its owner Republic Services of Ohio, said Thursday that the land will serve as an additional buffer between the landfill and its neighbors.
"We like to have as much space as we can between the landfill and any resident. ... we're interested in running a landfill that does not present any issues for any neighbors," he said, adding that buying buffer land is a common waste-industry practice. "Buffer properties to Republic are valuable because we have control over who our neighbors are. We like control over as much property as possible."...Read more.
The Canton Repository
PIKE TWP - Despite facing possible closure, Countywide landfill is so optimistic it will operate for decades, it bought 57 acres of adjoining land for $960,000 in December.
Will Flower, a spokesman for Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility and its owner Republic Services of Ohio, said Thursday that the land will serve as an additional buffer between the landfill and its neighbors.
"We like to have as much space as we can between the landfill and any resident. ... we're interested in running a landfill that does not present any issues for any neighbors," he said, adding that buying buffer land is a common waste-industry practice. "Buffer properties to Republic are valuable because we have control over who our neighbors are. We like control over as much property as possible."...Read more.
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