Each ton of
corrugated cardboard dumped in the Wilmington landfill requires the
city to pay fees totaling $12.25 to the County Solid Waste department
and the Ohio EPA. If the recycling diversion costs totaled $12.25, a
recycling project would be self supporting. If market sales of the
material created a minimal cash flow and if the value of landfill
space is factored, the project could become a small profit center.
If tons of city
generated, residential cardboard, is diverted from the landfill will
landfill revenue decline? No. Will the landfill save agency fees? Yes
Will the landfill have to purchase equipment? No. Will a diversion
project save natural resources? Yes. What’s not to like?
Paul Hunter
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