Reader's Viewpoint: Health departments should consistently enforce rules

The Times-Reporter

To the Editor:

The Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Solid Waste District Board has discussed in the past violations concerning the landfills in the district, and it has been stated on several occasions at meetings that the Kimble Landfill has a much higher amount of violations than the other two landfills in the district.

The Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility has also noted in the past that it has very few violations in relation to the Kimble Landfill. It seemed prudent to me to find out what violations each landfill actually had received in the last few years (2005-2006). I requested the information to get an actual number from the respective health departments rather than rely on just general conversation....Read more.