Friday, February 23, 2007

 

Would you pay higher trash fees?

BY Robert Wang
The Canton Repository

PIKE TWP - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's director is set to decide today what to do with the Countywide landfill, and his decision could affect hundreds of thousands of people in Northeast Ohio.

The director, Chris Korleski, is expected to recommend whether the Stark County Board of Health should suspend the operating license of the Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility.

The landfill, owned by Republic Services of Ohio, faces the possibility of being closed to new trash, due to its odor problems. And a landfill fire expert told the agency Friday that two fires are burning inside Countywide....Read more.