Ohio Reports Decline in Out-of-State Waste Volume

Date: February 8, 2010

Source: News Room

The Ohio EPA released data that shows waste received from out-of-state declined in 2008 to 3.4 million tons from a high of 3.7 million tons received in 2006. Andrew Booker with the Ohio EPA attributed the decline in imports to the economy and that means less disposal fee revenue for the state. Ohio remains in fourth place among all states for waste imports, behind top ranked Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan. Most of Ohio's waste originates in New York which sent 1.1 million tons or 32 percent of all imports. New Jersey was second, sending 852,300 tons representing about 25 percent of imports. Average tipping fees in Ohio of $37 per ton in 2008 make it attractive to Northeastern states where fees can exceed $100 per ton. Ohio is also a large exporter of waste, sending close to 1 million tons to neighboring states, making it the 13th largest exporter among all states.

The vast majority, 3.1 million of the 3.4 million tons of waste received in 2008 went to the top 7 of Ohio's 41 landfills. The following is a list of those landfills and the amount of out-of-state waste each received.

  • Apex Sanitary Landfill, Jefferson and Harrison counties, eastern Ohio, 1.3 million tons

  • Carbon Limestone Landfill, Mahoning County, northeast Ohio, 660,046 tons.

  • Sunny Farms Landfill, Seneca County, northern Ohio 577,660 tons.

  • American Landfill, Stark County, northeast Ohio, 198,140 tons.

  • Central Waste Landfill, Mahoning County, 157,257 tons.

  • Williams County Landfill, northwest Ohio, 132,312 tons.

  • Rumpke Landfill, Hamilton County, southwest Ohio, 111,136 tons.

Source: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.state.oh.us).

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