Friday, April 06, 2007

 

City garbage pickup may be in jeopardy

By Amy McCullough
The Tribune Chronicle

WARREN - The city had a year to find a place to take its garbage in case the transfer station’s operating license was not renewed. That decision came Thursday and no other option is available.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office filed contempt charges Thursday for the second time against Warren Recycling Inc. and Warren Hills LLC — two entities tied to the now-closed, controversial construction and demolition debris landfill on Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Also Thursday, the state Environmental Protection Agency ruled Environmental Transfer Systems Inc. did not pass its background check, which is required annually for solid waste facilities looking to renew an operating license....Read more.