Joint solid waste district introduces new programs

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR - Assistant Executive Director Lenny Broome explained the new programs that have been implemented into the solid waste plan for the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District during a policy committee meeting Friday in the district office.

The district has 153 ongoing programs, and 36 new programs are being implemented into the plan. Some of the new programs are as follows:...Read more.

Fund set up to help sort out landfill mess

BY Paul Kostyu
The Canton Repository

COLUMBUS - The Ohio EPA has set up a way for people to send comments about and suggest ideas for a $250,000 Community Benefit Project Fund created because of underground fires and odor problems at the Countywide landfill in southern Stark County.

EPA Director Chris Korleski created the fund to help the communities affected by problems at the landfill, which is formally known as the Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facilities.

For more than a year, residents of southern Stark and northern Tuscarawas counties have complained about odors at the 250-acre landfill. The EPA finally concluded this year that the stench was caused by two underground fires. Countywide contested the conclusion, but agreed to close off 88 acres of the landfill and to a cleanup and monitoring plan. Part of that plan is the community fund....Read more.