Articles About recycling :: Page 2

• Rumpke waste processing facility — Just don’t call it a garbage dump

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMay 5, 2016

  

  Trash is an inevitable part of life. A big part of life, to the tune of almost five pounds per person per day, and those five pounds of garbage have to go somewhere.

• Ohio Drop Off in Enon

  By YS News StaffApril 28, 2016

  

  Saturday, May 7, 2015 from 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. at the Enon Drugmart

• The Rumpke Landfill and Recycling Center: a YS News pictorial

  By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

  

  An article published in this week’s paper discusses a recent tour of the Rumpke landfill and recycling center organized by Vickie Hennessy and Zero Waste Yellow Springs. Words cannot do the facilities justice.

• One thousand acres of garbage

  By YS News StaffApril 23, 2016

  

  Yellow Springs’ garbage ends up in the Rumpke landfill in Colerain Township. The landfill serves most municipalities within a 60-mile radius and takes in about 6,000 tons of garbage per day.

• Aim is for a zero-waste Village

  By Megan BachmanApril 9, 2015

  

  Is it possible to not produce any garbage — or purchase any stuff — for one year? A Vancouver couple did just that in 2009, and now it’s inspiring Yellow Springers to cut their waste too.

• Rumpke issues new, larger recycling containers

  By YS News StaffSeptember 15, 2011

  Rumpke is rolling out larger recycling carts that could increase recycling in Yellow Springs.

• Yellow Springs could recycle more

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 2, 2010

  

  Yellow Springs has a relatively good recycling track record; Yellow Springers recycle about twice as much as residents of Germantown and about three times as much as Xenia residents.