Water added to waste equals dump debacles

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

PIKE TWP - Each day, several hundred tons of waste arrive at the 1,200-acre Athens-Hocking Landfill near Nelsonville, a small town in Athens County in southeastern Ohio.

As much as a third of that waste may be a grayish powder called aluminum dross, or salt cake.

It's kept in a separate area away from other trash and covered daily with dirt so that it stays dry, protected from rain and snow....Read more.